Cigar City Humidor Series Jai Alai Cedar Aged India Pale Ale

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Tampa, Florida USA

Well, the aroma is the best so far - I love cedar and good bud. A nice hazy orange color. The body has a nice bud / cedar like character. Vastly better than the regular Jai Alai. This was awesome.

Bottle. Pours hazy orange with a lively white head and lacing. Nose is big on wood, floral hops, dry spices, and some citrus. Flavor is fairly malty, with a big backlash of hops, lots of cedar and spices. Full-bodied, yummy as hell. Could drink a dozen or so.

750 ml bottle thanks to Ibrew2or3. Pours a cloudy orange color with a large white foamy head. The aroma is quite nice; woody, sweet citrus hops. The flavor is great; a superb mix of citrus hops- only lightly bitter- with a perfect addition of wood. Very drinkable and soft with a ton of flavor. A great mouthfeel.

Bottle shared by northernbrews at the Sept. 09 Metro Detroit tasting. Amber pour with a loose white head. Aroma of honey, caramel, dry cedar, slight citrus, dry pine needles and a hint of juniper. The flavor is piny and minty with more juniper notes, a dry cedar finish and a sweet honey malt backbone. Creamy medium body with soft carbonation.

Bottle courtesy of Immy at Immy’s Backyard Throwdown. Pours clear dark amber in color with white head. Aroma citrus hops, spicy and woody. Taste hops, oak and caramal with bitter finish.

Much thanks to Hopshunter! Pours a very cloudy orange and never clears. Strong off-white head hangs forever with massive lacing. HUGE nose. I could smell this from 6 feet away. Grapefruit, lemon, spice and malts. Much more complex then the normal IPA citrus-fest. Extremely well balanced hops. Citrus up front that gives way to a spicy finish. Bitter to bring it home. I think a tiny bit more malt would balance this out perfectly. Sadly, cedar is non-existent. Mouth feel is a tad bubbly. I roll it around and it gets instantly foamy. Carbonation is pretty prickly. I’d tone it down a bit. I was worried about this. After the Cigar City swill that they call a RIS, I wasn’t expecting anything from this, but wow! As a cigar smoker, I was really looking forward to the cedar, but it’s not present at all. Great beer!

buckle up buttercup! .. . god, aroma is amazing, a well baked pinecone and cedar (fresh humidor) .. . pours a kickass causing dark rich gold tan with a fantastic silly fun cream head, lacing is cute as a button.. . abv is so well hidden and the subtle refined whiffs of cedar to sap are just wonderful, and super tasty! .. . aroma is just to awesome and the flavours, light peppery spice from the cedar, so intriguing and unique.. joey, you sir have started something that will/should take off like california wildfires.. . this is the highlight of all the beers i tried/picked up while in Orlando! .. . does it get better than this?

Thanks to Jeff for bringing this to the Metro Tasting. Pours cloudy orange with a white head. Aroma is oranges, cedar and orange zest. Taste is much the same with a bit of spicy cedar character, grapefruit, well rounded and smooth. Pretty easy drinking stuff.