Tampa Bay Beer Week Double IPA
Cigar City Brewing

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From:
Cigar City Brewing
 
Florida, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
89
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 8.73%
Reviews:
7
Ratings:
59
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 20, 2019
Added:
Feb 17, 2015
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  13
Introducing the official (and inaugural) Tampa Bay Beer Week beer! This is a Double IPA brewed with Citra, Azacca, Amarillo, Equinox and Lemon Drop hops.
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Ratings by IMSPEAKNOENGLISH:
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Rated by IMSPEAKNOENGLISH from Illinois

4.06/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Mar 19, 2015
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3/5  rDev -25.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottled February 2015; drank 3/20/15 @ the Treehouse.

Hazy orange appearance.

Small khaki head; minimal lace.

Peanut butter, caramel & mild mango notes in the nose.

Medium thick mouthfeel.

Caramel, wet sweat sock & mild mango flavors, which is to say: this tastes like a wet hopped American IPA.

Not my cup of tea, but drinkable.
Oct 20, 2019
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Reviewed by macrosmatic from Florida

3.68/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Reviewed from notes taken in March 2015. Poured from the bomber into a Fat Head's pint glass.

A: Mildly hazy and dark gold with low visible carbonation. Forms a fluffy eggshell head with amazing retention for a hoppy brew.

S: Melon, spice, dank and tropical fruit hops. Some sticky resin as well with bready malts.

T: Melon, dank, and resin hops up front. Bready malts with mild toffee sweetness. Tropical fruits and a weird hoppy flavor I can't quite put a name to. Mild lingering ethanol heat and a modest hop bitterness in the hang.

M: Medium-bodied. Good carbonation sensation, and the alcohol presence is a little warming but not overly hot.

O: Decent, but not my favorite hop profile. It seems to have a weird kiwi fruit undertone, but not in a good way. Certainly not the worst DIPA out there.
Nov 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.86 by IckyT2012 from Florida

Apr 21, 2016
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Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Pours a orange-gold body, lightly hazed, capped off with whitish foam.

Smell: Tropical fruit notes of lemon, tangerine and grapefruit (maybe a bit of mango) atop a mild maltiness.

Taste: Restrained maltiness of lightly toasted grains given a bit of a sugar cookie sweetness. Resinous, tropical hops, plenty of lemon as well as citric, sharp grapefruit. Moderately bitter bite to it. Drying, bitterish finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium carbonation.

Overall: Not bad.
Jul 26, 2015
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Reviewed by RoyalT from Michigan

4.08/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Appearance – The color was a beautiful, hazy copper with a nice head that was tinged orange and showed good retention.

Smell – The aroma was a subtle citrus with a bit of rindy grapefruit and light grain.

Taste – The flavor is very well done. The citrus is much bigger here and the grapefruit comes on nicely though there’s not much malt to speak of.

Mouthfeel – The bitterness is up there, not overly so but quite heavy, and the ale is medium-bodied.

Drinkability – Everything is exceptionally smooth making this one an easy drinker.
Jul 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by cd34 from Illinois

Jul 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.44 by jzauder from Florida

Jun 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by johnyb from Florida

Jun 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.92 by Pourharddrinkslow from South Carolina

Jun 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.4 by kaktusjak from Ohio

Jun 05, 2015
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Rated by calitrie1486 from New York

4.23/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I was impressed with this beer. Definately think it should be rated higher then it is. Quality west coast ipa for an easy coast beer!!
May 29, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by willardt09 from North Carolina

May 22, 2015
 
Rated: 4.13 by lupercmda from North Carolina

Apr 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4.11 by Kevin_Young from Illinois

Apr 15, 2015
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Rated by NJBeer265 from New Jersey

4.06/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Brings me back to Florida. Big Mango and Passion Fruit taste. Sweet sticky maltyness on the end.
Apr 08, 2015
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Reviewed by babaracas from Florida

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Hazy copper with small khaki colored head, rings of wispy lace down the glass. Smell is orange citrus, resiny, vague tropicalish sweetness, slightly garlicky, a little toffee. Taste: orange candy, very resiny, toffee, with a green/garlicky note to the finish. Decent.
Apr 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.71 by KensWorld from Florida

Mar 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4.02 by helios7 from Oregon

Mar 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.52 by lillitnn92 from Virginia

Mar 24, 2015
Tampa Bay Beer Week Double IPA from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 59 ratings