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Tampa Bay Brewing Company

Tampa Bay Brewing Company and Cigar City Brewing team up to celebrate getting older

Tampa Bay Brewing Company and Cigar City Brewing are quickly becoming some of the elder statesmen when it comes to Florida’s craft beer scene. The two owners, Dave Doble and Joey Redner also happen to share similar birthdays and in close proximity to TBBC (and former CCB) brewer Tim Ogden. Recently, as a way to commemorate their respective progress, the two owners, who also happen to be brewers, banded together to commemorate their mutual marches into the future.

From Tampa Bay Brewing Company’s newsletter:

What is Old Man Olde Ale?

Old Man Olde Ale [was] brewed to celebrate the birth of David, Joey & Tim, Old Man Olde Ale is deep amber colored, brewed with blackstrap molasses, pale chocolate malt and has a smooth, subtle, chocolatey malt character beneath layers of caramel. This Olde Ale finishes with a balanced but sharp & lingering hop character. It’s just a reminder that we’re getting older and just a little bitter.

Tampa Bay Brewing Company is located in Centro Ybor Plaza in the Ybor City area of Tampa and in Westchase at 13937 Monroe Business Park.

Hunahpu’s Day tap list begins to take shape

Cigar City Brewing’s Hunahpu’s Day has been a landmark event in the Tampa Bay craft beer community since its inception and 2016 looks no different. As the buildup of anticipation begins, the tap list for Hunahpu’s Day continues to trickle out.

Here are the taps that have been posted so far. Keep in mind that this is a brief shadow of the 140 breweries that are planning to attend.

Against The Grain Brewery
CITRA ASS DOWN American DIPA
BO & LUKE Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Smoked Stout

Boneyard Beer
NOTORIOUS Triple IPA
RPM IPA

Brekeriet
VANILJ Sour ale
HALLON Fruit beer

Casa Agria Specialty Ales
MEGA CITRONIC American IPA
BRACERO Saison
ZARZAMORA Berliner Weisse
DEL NORTE American Pale Ale
AGRIA DE LA CASA Saison

Central 28 Beer Co.
LITTLE WHEEL IPA
EL BULLI Imperial Milk Stout

Cigar City Brewing
2012 LEON Brandy Barrel-aged Barley Wine
ILLUMINATING THE PATH Pinot Noir Barrel-aged Ale
CHERRY HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
BERRY BLEND HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
PB&J HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
COGNAC-SOAKED OAK STRAWBERRY HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
WHISKEY-SOAKED OAK COFFEE HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
RUM-SOAKED OAK COCONUT HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
BOURBON-SOAKED OAK HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKE Brown Ale
BLUEBERRY MUFFIN Brown Ale
OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIE Brown Ale
GHOST OF HUNAHPU’S® Imperial Stout
LAGER Tampa-syle Lager
TOCOBAGA® Red Ale
MADURO™ Brown Ale
INVASION® Pale Ale
FLORIDA CRACKER® Belgian-style White Ale
JAI ALAI® India Pale Ale
ERROR ESTABLISHING DATABASE CONNECTION Cognac Barrel-aged Barley Wine
RASPBERRY GROVE American Sour Ale
SHERRY BARREL-AGED MARSHAL ZHUKOV’S Imperial Stout
ENDLESS NAMELESS Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout
SWERVE Sauternes Barrel-aged Apricot Sour Ale
MARSHAL ZHUKOV’S Imperial Stout
2014 RUM BARREL-AGED THE DARK WOODS Imperial Porter
2012 HUNAHPU’S®Imperial Stout
2013 HUNAHPU’S®Imperial Stout
2014 HUNAHPU’S®Imperial Stout
2015 HUNAHPU’S®Imperial Stout

Funky Buddha Brewery
HEAVEN HILLS BOURBON BARREL AGED FRENCH TOAST Double Brown Ale
LYCHEE Berliner Weisse

Gigantic
GINORMOUS Imperial IPA
UME UMAI Experimental Black Rice & Plum Beer
BRAIN DAMAGE Barrel Aged Strong Ale
PIPEWRENCH Gin Barrel Aged IPA

Half Hearted Brewery
MIAMI JACK Berliner Weisse

Momentum Brewhouse
KNEE HIGHS IMPERIAL RED IPA Imperial IPA
PIERCE’S PALE ALE American Pale Ale

Rapp Brewing Company
GINGER BEER Ginger Beer
GOSE Gose

Swamp Head Brewery
STUMP KNOCKER Pale Ale
WATERMELON 10-10-10Imperial IPA

All of these beers and more will be available at Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park, when Hunahpu comes to town for Hunahpu’s Day on March 12th, 2016.

What is Cigar City Brewing doing for Tampa Bay Beer Week?

Cigar City Brewing, Tampa’s stalwart craft brewery is going to have their hands full for Tampa Bay Beer Week. These guys are participating in many of the seminal events for the week and anchoring the week with Hunahpu Day as one of the culminating events.

What else is Cigar City Brewing doing during TBBW?

Beer Week Kickoff Event
Mar 6 @ 7:00 pm The Flying Pig Taphouse
Featuring beers from our Tampa Bay Beer Week sponsors including our very own TBBW Double IPA from Cigar City. The Applebutter Express plays at 8 pm. Come buy all of your 2015 TBBW merchandise, including the all new Passport!

Eggs N Kegs
Mar 8 @ 11:00 am Cigar City Brewing
Join Cigar City Brewing, New Belgium Brewing, and LOKO Cuisine for Tour de Tandem a special collaboration Eggs & Kegs during Tampa Bay Beer Week. This hearty meat and potatoes brunch includes four French and Belgian inspired courses and your…

CCB Special Tappings at Cigar Night
Mar 10 @ 7:00 pm The Brass Tap Trinity
We will tap a few special limited beers from CCB along with a Cigar Vendor attending and bringing a variety of Cigars to pair with your limited release beers. it will be a great night you won’t want to miss.

Cask Night @ The Wild Rover Brewery
Mar 11 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm The Wild Rover Pub & Brewery
Come enjoy a night of cask beer at The Wild Rover! Come sample cask beer from not only The Wild Rover, but some of the other great Tampa area breweries, including, but not limited to; -Cigar City Brewing -Coppertail Brewing…

Sausage Fest
Mar 12 @ 7:00 pm Epicurean Hotel
SAUSAGE FEST in Celebration of Tampa Bay Beer Week Thursday, March 12th 7:00pm – 10:00pm The Pool & Garden Terrace at the Epicurean Hotel Experience the Ultimate Display of Sausage, Paired with some Amazing Beers. One Price. Unlimited Samplings. A

Beer Tasting at WHOLE FOODS MARKET in Carrollwood
Mar 13 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Whole Foods Market Carrollwood
Celebrate Tampa Bay Beer week with over 40 beers from your favorite breweries paired with light bites and live music. The first 50 attendees will receive a mini Whole Foods Market beer mug.

Brew Circus at The Pour House Presented By: Barley Mow Brewing
– Featuring Coppertail Brewing, Cigar City Brewing and Tampa Bay Beer Co.
Mar 13 @ 7:00 pm Pour House
BREW CIRCUS At The Pour House Presented by Barley Mow Brewing Company Featuring Coppertail Brewing, Cigar City Brewing & Tampa

CIGAR CITY BREWGRASS FESTIVAL OFFICIAL PRE-PARTY
Mar 13 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm INDEPENDENT BAR & CAFE
Get a free preview of some of the music scheduled for the Cigar City Brewgrass Festival taking place on March 14-15! We will also feature several specialty Cigar City beers on tap, with live music by Oak Hay and Ramblegrass…

HUNAHPUS DAY
Mar 14 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Cigar City Brewing
>> TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT FOR HUNAHPU’S DAY << The Beer In Mayan mythology, Hun Hunahpu was the father of the Mayan hero twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Hun Hunahpu, along with his brother Vucub Hunahpu, was tricked by the… Cigar City Brewgrass Festival
Mar 14 @ 5:00 pm Skipper’s Smokehouse

Cigar City Brewgrass Festival
Mar 15 @ 11:00 am Ferg’s St. Pete

Cigar City Brewing Skyline

Cigar City wins big at US Beer Tasting Championship

The United States Beer Tasting Championship (USBTC) is just that: an organization whose mission is to find the best beers brewed in America, and this year they have found many of those beers brewed by Cigar City Brewing in Tampa.

The USBTC gets entries from around the US and breaks them into regional subcategories in addition to an overall national judging. Out of 15 categories judged in the competition, Cigar City won 6 of the Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast awards. In the national judging, Cigar City took home 4 national Grand Champion awards out of 15 categories.

Which Cigar City beers won?

Big Sound: Mid-Atlantic/SE and National Grand Champion in Scottish-style Ale
Warmer Winter Winter Warmer: Mid-Atlantic/SE and National Grand Champion in Barleywine
Leon: Mid-Atlantic/SE and National Grand Champion in Non-whiskey Barrel/Wood-aged Beer
Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout: Mid-Atlantic/SE and National Grand Champion in Bean Beer
Good Gourd: Mid-Atlantic/SE Champion in Spice Beer
Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout: Mid-Atlantic/SE Champion in Imperial Stout

To see a list of winners, see the USBTC’s website.

Cigar City Brewing releases Hunahpu Day tap list

Cigar City Brewing began releasing Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout in 2010 with a small release in the brewery on a Friday night. Since then, the annual release has morphed into an all-day festival celebrating local and national craft beer.

While it looked like 2014 might be the last time that Hunahpu ever got a release day, Cigar City changed their mind and brought it back with new rules in 2015. While many were upset by an increase in ticket price and a limited number of tickets offered, with Catador Club members getting first picking, the question resounded: what will the tap list look like?

In typical Cigar City fashion, the brewery knew that Hunahpu Day would attract many interested craft beer people, so they are bringing many new and rare craft beers in from brewery friends across the United States to celebrate the release of Hunahpu.

The tap list as it currently stands is:

3 Sons Brewing
-Summation Batch #5
-Olson’s Wee Heavy
-Irish Winter

5 Rabbit Cerveceria
-Gringolandia SuperPils
-5 Lizard
-El Bizarrón
-5 Vulture

7venth Sun
-TBA

The Alchemist
-Heady Topper American Double IPA

Anderson Valley Brewing Company
-Horse Tongue Thribble Currant
-Blood Orange Gose
-Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout

Angry Chair Brewing
-3 Little Birds Florida Weisse
-German Chocolate Cupcake Stout

Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.
-Rum and Pappy Double Barreled Pecan Pie Brown
-New Brood Braggot aged in a Superstition Mead Barrel
-American Presidential Imperial Stout
-Woolsey With (Sour orange wit)
-Superstition Coffee Stout

B. Nektar Meadery
-Zombie Killer
-More TBA

Barley Mow Brewing Co.
-BA Unkindness American Black Ale
-BA Selike Belgian style Pale Ale
-S’mores Imperial Stout
-Foolery American Barley Wine

Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company
-Lug Tread Lagered Ale
-Strong Patrick Strong Irish Red Ale
-Hibernal Solstice Blended Barrel-aged Beer
-Original Gruit

Bell’s Brewery
-Black Note
-Beer Michigan Barleywine
-Raspberry Wild One
-Traverse City Cherry Third Coast Old Ale

Boneyard Beer
-RPM IPA
-Bone Light ISA
-Notorious Triple IPA
-Suge Knite Imperial Stout

Boulevard
-TBA

Brew Bus Brewing
-Last Stop IPA
-Rollin Dirty Red Ale
-Nutella Porter

Brewers’ Tasting Room
-TBA

The Burnt Hickory Brewery
-Cannon Dragger IPA
-The Didjits Blood Orange IPA
-Big Shanty Graham Cracker Stout
-Ezekiel’s Wheel “Zeke”

Carton Brewing
-Wayne’s Way IPA
-Gilded Lily White Truffle Belgian Tripel
-Regular Coffee Imperial Cream Ale with Coffee
-Boat Hoppy Session Ale

Cascade Brewing
-Manhattan NW Blended Sour Cherry Ale in Bourbon Barrels
-Vlad the Impaler Blended Sour Ale
-Cherry Bourbonic with Dates and Cherries aged in Bourbon Barrels
-Shrieking Violet Blended Sour Blueberry Ale aged in Wine and Bourbon Barrels

Cigar City Brewing
-Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout
-2013 Brandy Barrel-aged Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout
-2012 Leon Brandy Barrel-aged Barley Wine
-2014 Leon Brandy Barrel-aged Barley Wine
-Da Un Beso A La Botella Rum Barrel-aged Imperial Porter
-Rum Barrel-aged Caffe Americano Double Stout
-Grandmule Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Porter
-Bourbon Barrel-aged Big Sound Scotch Ale
-Kalevipoeg at the Gates of Hell Bourbon Barrel-aged Baltic Porter
-Dubbel Dare Belgian Dubbel (collab with AleSmith Brewing)
-2013 Bourbon Barrel-aged Jose Marti India-style Porter
-Rum Barrel-aged Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout
-The Dark Woods Imperial Porter
-El Murcielago Tequila Barrel-aged Ale

Cigar City Brewpub
-Iron O’Rourke’s God of Fear Stout
-Captain of the World IPA
-Aleph Null American Rye Barleywine

Cigar City Cider & Mead
-TBA

Coppertail Brewing Co.
-Free Dive IPA
-Unholy Trippel
-Purple Drank Boysenberry Berlinerweisse
-Sabotage Russian Imperial Stout with Coffee aged in Bourbon Barrels

Coronado Brewing Company
-Skull Wrapper IPA
-Islander IPA
-Orange Avenue Wit
-Mermaid’s Red Ale

Country Boy Brewing
-Nacho Bait Habanero Blonde Ale
-Papaw’s Red Imperial Red Ale aged in Bourbon Barrels
-Shotgun Wedding Brown Ale aged on Vanilla Beans
-Barreled Imperial Stout

Creature Comforts Brewery
-Athena Paradiso Berliner Weisse
-Emergence Brettanomyces ale refermented in wine barrels
-Tropicalia American IPA
-Southerly Love Hoppy beer with brettanomyces and lactobacillus

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
-Vieille Barrel-aged Tart Saison
-Surette Barrel-aged Provisions Saison

Darwin Brewing Co.
-Ayawasca Belgian Dubbel
-Charapa Spiced Porter
-Leche de Tigre Florida Weisse brewed with Amazonian fruit and spice
-Originz Andean influenced Gose

Due South Brewing Co
-Category 5 IPA
-Mariana Trench Imperial Stout
-Mexican Standoff Imperial Porter
-Calling All Cars Coffee & Donuts Porter

Evil Twin Brewing
-TBA

Founders Brewing
-Backwoods Bastard
-Big Lushious Chocolate Raspberry Imperial Stout
-CBS
-Mosaic Promise

Funky Buddha Brewery
-Wide Awake It’s Morning Imperial Maple Bacon Coffee Porter
-Up Pip’s Kriek American Sour Ale aged on cherries and oak
-Last Snow Milk Porter with coffee, coconut and white chocolate
-More Moro Blood Orange IPA

Goose Island Beer Company
-Bourbon County Brand Stout
-Bourbon County Coffee Stout
-Bourbon County Barleywine
-Gillian Wild ale aged in wine barrels with strawberries

Great Divide Brewing
-Orabelle Belgian-style Tripel
-Espresso Oak-aged Yeti Imperial Stout
-American Sour (Ambrosia)
-Barrel-aged Yeti Imperial Stout

Green Bench Brewing
-Your Silent Captain Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Tart Cherry Imperial Stout
-Push It Salt and Pepper Gose
-The Famous Flying Zacchinis Foeder Fermented Dark Farmhouse Ale
-Oak Fermented Sour Farmhouse Blend #2

Intuition Ale Works
-Matanzas Barrel-aged Golden Strong Ale
-Under Dark Barrel-aged Imperial Stout
-Tart Star Sour Stout
-Brett Triple Brett Belgian Triple

J Wakefield
-Hop for Teacher
-The Harbinger Imperial Hazelnut Sweet Stout
-UJP Coffee Porter
-Stush Berliner
-El Jefe

Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery
-Bourbon Barrel Dark Apparition
-Bourbon Barrel Woodburner

JDub’s
-Up Top! IPA
-Poolside Kolsch
-Mud Whata Imperial Stout
-Dulce Brown Ale aged on apple brandy raisins and cinnamon

Kane Brewing Company
-Head High India Pale Ale
-A Night to End All Dawns Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout
-Sunday Brunch Imperial Milk Coffee Porter with Maple Syrup and Cinnamon
-1095 Blended Barrel-aged Belgian Style Dark Strong Ale

The Lost Abbey/Port Brewing
-Agave Maria aged in tequila barrels
-Cuvee de Tomme 2014
-Angel’s Share Grand Cru
-Older Viscosity

MAZURT
-Vanilla MAZURT RIS aged in Coconuts
-Got No Dime Barleywine
-Barrel-aged MAZURT RIS

Melvin Brewing
-TBA

Mikkeller
-Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
-Winbic Sour Ale
-Spontanrosehip Sour Ale
-Raspberrytrippelbock

Modern Times Beer
-Blazing World Hoppy Dank Amber
-Fortunate Islands Hoppy Tropical Wheat
-Black House Coffee Oatmeal Stout
-City of the Dead Export Stout with Barrel-aged Coffee

Night Shift Brewing
-Whirlpool American Pale Ale
-Funk’d Barrel-aged Brett Ale
-Mainer Weisse fermented with blueberries and aged on cinnamon sticks
-Bean Porter Bourbon Barrel-aged Porter with coffee and vanilla beans

NOLA Brewing Co
-Lowerline 100% Lacto fermented American Sour Ale
-Piety 100% Brett & Lacto fermented American Sour Ale on tart cherries
-Barrel-Bella 100% Brett & Lacto fermented American Sour Ale aged in white wine barrels with Apricots
-Sauvage 100% Brett fermented Pale Ale aged in oak barrels, dry hopped with Galaxy twice

Oakshire Brewing
-Hellshire V Strong Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels
-Hermanne 1882 Belgian Golden Blended with Muller Thurgau grapes, aged in pinot noir barrels with brett
-Overcast Espresso Stout
-Perfect Storm Double IPA

Ommegang
-TBA

Pair O’ Dice Brewing Co.
-The Stickman Double IPA
-Lucky Lucy Strawberry Blonde
-Mexicali Pale Ale
-Lowball IPA

Proof Brewing Co.
-Grapefruit Guru IPA
-Kissing Giants Gose
-Barrel-aged Creatures in the Dark Stout
-Thai Chili Kaffir Mango Wit

Rapp Brewing
-Gose
-Hefeweizen
-Kolsch
-Lichtenheiner

Revolution Brewing
-One and Done Triple IPA
-Uncalled Four Barrel-aged Belgian Quadruple
-Bean Gene Bourbon Barrel-aged Porter with coffee added
-A Little Crazy Belgian-style dry-hopped Pale Ale

Saint Somewhere Brewing Co.
-Punaise de Amour Farmhouse ale brewed w/ hibiscus and coriander
-Cheval Saison brewed w/ horse feed
-Jasmine Saison brewed w/ Jasmine tea
-Dry hopped Ete San Fin Dry hopped saison

Siren Craft Brew
-Lemon Cello IPA
-Bourbon Barrel-aged Shattered Dreams
-Two Weeks Off Berliner Weisse aged in Bourbon barrels, then papaya, mango, coconut, pineapple, and lime
-Mrs. Brown Imperial Brown Ale aged in Bourbon barrels with pecans, vanilla, and maple syrup

Solemn Oath Brewery
-Kidnapped by Vikings American IPA
-Butterfly Flashmob Belgian Style IPA
-Ticklefight American Barleywine
-Mean Ol’ Grumpess American Style Stout aged one year in Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels

Stillwater Artisanal Ales
-Mono Galaxy dry-hopped Pilsner
-Stereo Modern IPA
-Surround Imperial Oak Smoked Wheat Stout
-Classique Postmodern Beer

Stone Brewing Company
-Stone Passion Project Reason Be Damned Belgian-Style Abbey Ale aged in Red Wine & Rose Barrels w/Stone Farms passion fruit added
-Stone Arbalest Belgian style pale aged in bourbon barrels
-Red Wine Barrel Aged Perfect Crime
-Enjoy By 4/20

Sun King Brewing Co.
-Sunlight Cream Ale
-Osiris Pale Ale
-Sun King’s Reserve Series (Barrel-aged)
-Sun King’s Reserve Series (Wild Fermented)

Swamp Head Brewery
-10-10-10 Imperial IPA
-Saison du Swamp Belgian Style Saison
-Smoke Signal Smoked Porter
-Day Trippin’ Session IPA

Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
-pseudoSue Pale Ale
-King Sue Double IPA
-Naughty Temple Whiskey Oak Aged Ale
-Mornin’ Delight Coffee Stout

3 Floyds Brewing
-TBA

Westbrook Brewing
-2014 Double Barrel Mexican Cake (blend of bourbon and rye barrel aged Mexican Cake)
-Double Barrel Smokin’ Guns (blend of bourbon and apple brandy barrel aged smoked imperial stouts)
-Lichtenhainer Weisse
-Bourbon barrel aged Sour Brown

Widmer Brothers
-Gentlemen’s Club aged in Bourbon barrels
-Rye Barrel-aged Imperial Altbier
-Don Calos Gose aged in Tequila Barrels

Hunahpu Day- the one day each year where Hunahpu will be available for purchase- will take place on March 14th, 2015 at Cigar City Brewing, located at 3924 West Spruce Street in Tampa.

Cigar City Brewing Skyline

Cigar City Brewing to collaborate with Boulevard Brewing

Cigar City, Florida’s most prolific collaboration brewery has posted to Facebook that they will be teaming up with Boulevard Brewing of Kansas City to brew a beer. The collaboration will celebrate Boulevard’s beer coming to Florida’s shelves and the friendship that the two breweries have built.

What will the beer be?

“This is going to be a hopped up citrus white ale…” according to Cigar City’s Facebook post. More details as they emerge.

Cigar City Brewing Skyline

Cigar City to can Oktoberfest

That blue-and-white checkered time of year is coming soon, and Cigar City’s festbeir, Oktoberfest, will be right there in the can to help with the celebration.

From Cigar City:

Oktoberfest German-Style Festbier hit the canning line today. 6-packs will be heading out to distribution this week. Information about the two week long Oktoberfest celebration in our tasting room coming soon!

This canning marks the first time Cigar City has canned Oktoberfest.