Cigar City Abby’s Ale

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Entering old raitings, poured a golden yellow color at CCB, aromas of pine, grapefruit, some malt, and some floral notes. Flaovrs are the same, very hop forward, with some citrus notes, reminded me more of an IPA, but good none the less.

on tap-pours athin white head with hazy yellow color. Aroma is citrus-orange/lemon zest. Taste is dry citrus-orange/lemon zest/grapefruit hop with some bite, some light malt, spice. Yeast at the finish.

On draft at Cigar City. Full marks for this one. Holy hell! Pours a clear yellow-gold with a big white head that recedes. Nose is all manner of massive hops- pine, floral, and grapefruits around here with some nice light malt behind it. A bit more malt on the nose than something like a West Coast IPA. Flavor delivers on the promises that the nose makes. Medium malt (I say medium because it was more than the light malt of a WCIPA) amd big citrus, a bit of pine, and some floral hops behind it. Light to medium in body, towards the upper end of sessionable, and just an excellent beer.

Pours orange with thin tan head. Nose is big citrus and pine hops. Floral notes and nice sugary caramel. Flavor is a hop bomb! But not unbalanced. A good amount of hop bitterness plays well with the sweet malts and citrus. Excellent and insanely quaff-able beer.