Cigar City Humidor Series Jai Alai Cedar Aged India Pale Ale

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 75cl.
Clear medium orange color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange, fruity, spicy, peppery and a dry finish. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, peppery and fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090913]

Bottled. An unclear amber beer with a thin lazing white head. The aroma is very spicy - ginger and cardemomme, combined with notes of cedar wood and fruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of cedar wood, spices - ginger and cardemomme, oranges, on a malty back ground, leading to a dry spicy finish where the cedar wood note lingers.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Retorp. Clear deep golden with a lacing off-white head. Extremely spicy, citrusy hop aroma. Medium body, some citrusy fruitiness, extremely peppery end enticingly spicy - must be the cedar. Dry, hoppy and bitter finish. Very interesting. 130909

75 cL bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild mango, citrusy and dry cedar wooden. Smooth wooden and solid hoppy with a light mango and citrusy fruity base flavour. Dry and wooden hops flavoured. Mild wooden flavoured lingering flavoured finish.

Bottled@omhper. Hazy orangeish brown colour with small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, lots of tobacco, some mild spices and mild wood. Flavour is cedar, some bitter fruity notes as well as mild herbal notes. One very pleasant IPA indeed.

Bottled, thanks baggio! Cloudy amber, creamy head. Rich cedar and grapefruit aroma. Mid-sweet with solid, vital malt. The combination o cedar and grapefruit is superb, the bitterness is evident, but nothing is ever assaulting - only relaxed yet concentrated. I’m so glad someone picked up this Japanese concept - especially someone as talented as Cigar City. This is probably the tastiest IPA I’ve ever had!

Bottle at Papsø. Hazy orange coloured with a medium sized off white head. Fruity aroma of hops, spices, pine needles and grape fruits. Fruity flavour of hops, pine needles, grape fruits and spices. Dry hoppy finish.

UPDATED: NOV 20, 2011
Name: Cedar Aged IPA
Date: August 13, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Appearance: hazy orange, wispy white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma, woody sweetness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, well balanced hops, lots of spicness, lingering bitterness
Overall: cedar adds a unique character that provides both a sweetness and an earthyness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Name: Humidor IPA
Date: March 23, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brewery
Appearance: clear copper, frothy off white head, sticky lace
Aroma: sweet woody aroma, sweet crystal malt, lots of wood character
Flavor: dry malt flavor, lots of wood and earthy hops, light spicyness from the cedar that picks up a peppery edge, just a touch of malty sweetness, long bitter finish

Name: Humidor IPA
Date: September 10, 2011
Mode: firkin
Source: the porter
Score: 3.5
Appearance: opaque orange, frothy off white head
Aroma: sweet and spicy peppery aroma
Flavor: peppery flavor, lots of cedar, hops add depth
Overall: nicely subdued on cask

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Courtesy of Philippe (Bov)
Hazy amber color; generous head. The aroma is very spice, with strong incense, and with some piney resins (no fruits). Strong caramel and toffee flavor, within a correct body; smooth, overcarbonated mouthfeel; medium residual sweetness; very resiny, with a sharp spices and incense profile. Strong bitterness, leading to a long final.
Surely original, and interesting the first time, but excessive.

Bottle @ Odense Tasting, Feb. 2011. Pours hazy orange with a small creamy lasting head. Nose is hops, brett , oak and dust. Very exotic - apricot and pineapple. Smooth... Nice.