Invasion
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #393 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #19,622 - Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 8.42%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 230
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 12, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 27, 2012
- Wants:
- 49
- Gots:
- 405
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
The people of Tampa Bay have fallen prey to Pirate invasion every year for well over 100 years. After more than a century of failing to repel these seafaring raiders in their anachronistic wooden ships, despite access to modern sea, land and air arsenals that ostensibly should make short work of wind powered vessels equipped with naught but cast iron cannons and raging scurvy, it occurred to the folks of Cigar City Brewing that if you can’t beat them start saying Arrrr Matey! And so we have brewed Invasion Pale Ale. With tropical notes of mango and tangerine imparted by Simcoe and Mosaic hops, this crisp and sessionable Pale Ale is a perfect companion for long days of marauding, pillaging, and pirating.
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Ratings by cgrunin:
Rated by cgrunin from Texas
3.94/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 11, 2020
3.94/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 11, 2020
More User Ratings:
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.9/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
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Sep 20, 2025Rated by Sinfull from New York
3.63/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Clear, amber color. Medium-sized, white head. Pine, malt, and citrus in the aroma. Sweet, malty backbone balanced by strong enough hoppy bitterness.
Feb 01, 2025
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.81/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Shared 355 ml can at local tasting. Golden colour, white head. Strong aroma of zesty and citrussy American hops. Hoppy flavour, citrussy and enjoyable.
May 16, 2021Reviewed by Dfeinman1 from Florida
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Classic cigar city brewing hop profile without all the alcohol. Great drinker and pepper and spicy hops with a lower ABV when you are looking to tone down the alcohol of an IPA. Great mouthfeel and highly carbonated.
Mar 04, 2021
Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
3.78/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Pours a clear, medium to deep orange color with a creamy, bright white head. SRM of 9-10. (3.75)
Aroma: Moderate aromas of grapefruit, navel orange, slight pineapple, before an aroma of pine berries and spruce. Then some deep piney, navel orange aromas to finish.
Flavor: Moderate flavors of grapefruit, orange, pineapple stem and pine berry. Finishes with some pine. A piney resinous underneath. A light amount of bitterness comes through the end. Finishes balanced between sweetness and bitterness, as expected. Lots of floral citrus (3.75)
Feel: Lighter-bodied. Decent carbonation. Finishes creamy and light on the palate. Has a juicy and creamy feel, but not an overwhelming flavor and rather clean on the palate after the creaminess.
Comapred to Stone's Ripper Pale Ale 4/22/20: Pours a slightly lighter color. Milder aromas. More light grapefruit and airy pine. Less deep orange and caramely, resinous pine. Drinks softer, creamier, lighter, and cleaner.
Overall: A true to style pale ale. Not overwhelming flavors or bitterness. Nice and balanced. I don't get a whole lot of Mosaic and Simcoe. Rather, I get a lot of grapefruit, floral navel orange, and pine berries. The label says a lot of clementine, navel orange, and soursop. WTF is soursop? (between a strawberry and pineapple according to Google). I could see the floral pineapple mixed with the strawberry. I would actually say that this beer drinks like a more down to earth Pseudosue from Toppling Goliath. Nice grapefruit, navel orange, floral pineapple, and pine berry than I expected. Clean, creamy, and balanced. Easy drinking for sure. (Final Rating: 3.78)
Apr 22, 2020Aroma: Moderate aromas of grapefruit, navel orange, slight pineapple, before an aroma of pine berries and spruce. Then some deep piney, navel orange aromas to finish.
Flavor: Moderate flavors of grapefruit, orange, pineapple stem and pine berry. Finishes with some pine. A piney resinous underneath. A light amount of bitterness comes through the end. Finishes balanced between sweetness and bitterness, as expected. Lots of floral citrus (3.75)
Feel: Lighter-bodied. Decent carbonation. Finishes creamy and light on the palate. Has a juicy and creamy feel, but not an overwhelming flavor and rather clean on the palate after the creaminess.
Comapred to Stone's Ripper Pale Ale 4/22/20: Pours a slightly lighter color. Milder aromas. More light grapefruit and airy pine. Less deep orange and caramely, resinous pine. Drinks softer, creamier, lighter, and cleaner.
Overall: A true to style pale ale. Not overwhelming flavors or bitterness. Nice and balanced. I don't get a whole lot of Mosaic and Simcoe. Rather, I get a lot of grapefruit, floral navel orange, and pine berries. The label says a lot of clementine, navel orange, and soursop. WTF is soursop? (between a strawberry and pineapple according to Google). I could see the floral pineapple mixed with the strawberry. I would actually say that this beer drinks like a more down to earth Pseudosue from Toppling Goliath. Nice grapefruit, navel orange, floral pineapple, and pine berry than I expected. Clean, creamy, and balanced. Easy drinking for sure. (Final Rating: 3.78)
Reviewed by SmashAdams from New Jersey
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This is the type of Pale Ale I enjoy most. More traditional than these fruit juices everyone is making these days. This beer is not quite as good as Guayabera but still really solid. Great balance of a good malt foundation with an appropriate level of hoppiness - some pine, light floral, citrus. yb
Feb 26, 2020
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