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Tampa Bay Buccaneers welcome Cigar City Brewing as craft beer partners

Tampa Bay Buccaneers announce partnership with Cigar City Brewing

Press Release: Today the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced a new partnership with Cigar City Brewing, an internationally renowned brewery founded in Tampa more than 15 years ago.

“We are excited to launch this partnership with Cigar City Brewing, a local Tampa Bay company,” said Buccaneers Chief Commercial Officer Atul Khosla. “We want our food and beverage offerings at Raymond James Stadium to highlight the unique culture of our Tampa Bay community. Cigar City takes pride in their local roots and this new partnership will provide our fans another Bay favorite.”

This Sunday, the Jai Alai Bar, named in honor of Cigar City’s flagship beer, will debut at Raymond James Stadium near the top of ramp C between sections 128 and 131. The addition will feature a 2,000 square foot full-service bar that will be accessible on the concourse for all fans to enjoy on gamedays. At select Buccaneers home games, the Jai Alai Bar will host a surprise promotion, ‘Jai Alai living with the Bucs,’ which includes a chance for two winners to receive seat upgrades, all-inclusive food and beverage, and a $100 merchandise gift card.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers welcome Cigar City Brewing as craft beer partners“With Raymond James Stadium in walking distance of the brewery, the Cigar City Brewing team has celebrated unofficially with Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ fans throughout the past 15 years,” said VP of Marketing Monster Brewing Company, Justin Clark. “But now as we head into the 2024 season as an official partner, we recognize this is an exciting time for Jai Alai IPA to party with our existing fans and make a bunch of new ones. You won’t be able to miss us in the stadium or at our retail partners throughout Florida. We look forward to finding ways to connect with beer drinkers and set the tailgating standard for seasons to come.”

Following the first year of the partnership, Cigar City Brewing and the Buccaneers will look to increase in-person experiences for members of the Krewe. During the offseason, The Cigar City Taproom & Brewery will host two ‘Brews with the Krewe’ events, for season pass members to attend. The events will include an exclusive happy hour with Buccaneers giveaways and autographed specials, a Buccaneer alumni appearance, a brewery tour, and one free beer for each guest. Also launching will be a multi-week sweepstakes, ‘Brew with a Buc’. The winner of this campaign will have a chance to brew their own beer at Cigar City with a legend, and a VIP Gameday Experience that will include club tickets, a pre-game tailgate, $100 in merchandise, and free parking.

To kick off the partnership, fans can sample Jai Alai for free at Raymond James Stadium’s Bucs Beach at a few upcoming home games this season.

About Cigar City Brewing

Steeped in the unique culture and history of Tampa, Florida, Cigar City Brewing began handcrafting award-winning beer in 2009. Cigar City Brewing’s ales and lagers bring to mind the sun and citrus for which Florida is known while taking cues from the cigar industry upon which Tampa was built. Behind all of Cigar City Brewing’s liquid is the philosophy that quality is achieved by giving first-rate ingredients to first-rate people in a space where they are free to pursue their passion.

Transparency statement: Cigar City Brewing is the oldest sponsor of Florida Beer News.

Cigar City Brewing Skyline

Cigar City Brewing to begin North Carolina distribution

Press Release:  Tampa, Florida’s Cigar City Brewing is proud to announce the addition of North Carolina to the brewery’s distribution network. This is the second new state to receive deliveries of Cigar City Brewing’s award-winning beer in over four years. CCB will be partnering with numerous distribution partners to cover the state including Skyland Distributing Co., United Beverages of North Carolina, R.H. Barringer Distributing Company, Long Beverage Inc., Carolina Distributing LLC, Healy Wholesale Co Inc., Atlantic Shores Distributors, Coastal Beverage Co. and City Beverage Co Inc. Twelve ounce cans of Jai Alai IPA, Maduro Brown Ale, Florida Cracker Belgian-style White Ale, Invasion Pale Ale and Tampa-style Lager can currently be found in this new market with draft beer to follow shortly behind.

Market launch events will be taking place across North Carolina from March 21st thru March 29th with numerous Cigar City Brewing representatives present, including Cigar City Brewing’s El Lector Neil Callaghan and Brand Manager Lucas Widrick. These events will be incredible opportunities for North Carolina’s craft beer fans to enjoy some of the first CCB beer to be shipped to the state and to learn about Cigar City Brewing’s brand and it’s award winning beer from the people who know it best.

Cigar City Brewing’s official North Carolina Launch Party will be taking place at Oskar Blues’ Tasty Weasel Taproom in Brevard on Saturday, March 25th beginning at noon. This event will feature specialty Cigar City Brewing taps, a Jai Alai-infused food special from the Oskar Blues CHUBwagon food truck and live music from South Carolina rockers The Excons from 6-8pm.

Cigar City Brewing Taps

Cigar City Brewing’s beer, including award-winning Jai Alai IPA, is now available in eight states encompassing Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee and North Carolina. Cigar City Brewing’s ales and lagers are also exported to the country of Denmark.

Cigar City Brewing’s North Carolina Launch Events

Week of 3/27 – Asheville

● 3/27: Barley’s (Asheville)

● 3/28: Creekside Tavern

● 3/29: Black Rose (Hendersonville)

 

Week of 3/27 – Charlotte

● 3/28: Brawley’s Beverage

● 3/29: Duckworth’s (Huntersville)

● 3/30: Pub Crawl — Harris Teeter #11, Growler USA, Kit’s Trackside Craft, The

Fillmore Charlotte (for The Flaming Lips show)

Visit Cigar City Brewing’s website [www.cigarcitybrewing.com] to find the CCB beer closest to you.

About Cigar City Brewing
Cigar City Brewing, makers of Jai Alai and Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout, was founded in 2009 by Joey Redner with the goal of creating quality beer that reflected the flavors and history of the Tampa region. This unique perspective resonated with the local and national markets alike and the brewery has quickly grown from 1,000 barrels of beer in 2009 to an excess of 65,000 barrels produced in 2016. The 2016 partnership with Oskar Blues of Lyons, Colorado ushered in a new era of growth for this Florida-based organization, with new markets and technologies on the horizon.

Cigar City Brewing Skyline

Cigar City Brewing teams up with Perrin Brewing to make Michigan-brewed Jai Alai IPA

​Innovation & Celebration: Cigar City Brewing’s Jai Alai Produced in Comstock in Celebration of Collaborative Partnership

Partnership, innovation and celebration are all terms that come to mind when discussing the latest collaboration between Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing and Comstock’s Perrin Brewing Company, a Michigan brewed Jai Alai IPA. Born out of the desire to celebrate this partnership, this brew, overseen by Cigar City’s Brewmaster Wayne Wambles, is scheduled to be released January 28th in the Perrin Pub. This will be the first time Cigar City has served it’s beer in Michigan and will be the one and only batch of Michigan-brewed Jai Alai IPA.

Jai Alai IPA

Wayne personally traveled to Perrin’s Comstock Park facility in early January to reproduce his award-winning Jai Alai recipe alongside Perrin’s Director of Brewing operations John Stewart. Translating Cigar City’s iconic IPA to be brewed in Michigan was no easy task; Wambles meticulously recreated Tampa’s mineral-rich water profile and sent lot-specific hops from Cigar City Brewing’s Tampa facility to Perrin to match every facet of his citrus-forward ale. “I feel really good about the results,” said Wambles.

“After seeing the pH of the mash and kettle and the color post-boil, I think we hit this brew out of the park. Beer lovers in Michigan will be able to enjoy Jai Alai as fresh as they would if they were in Tampa. John and his team are superbly talented brewers and I’ve been excited to work alongside them.”

Clocking in at 7.5% ABV, Jai Alai IPA features an intense bouquet of tangerine and candied orange peel entice the nose while flavors of clementines, Valencia orange and subtle caramel provide counterpoint to an assertive bitterness and rich malt character. Bold hop flavor and aroma from six different hop varietals is front and center in this flavorful American IPA.

The Perrin Pub will be the only place to try this limited release brew, and both breweries plan for this release to be one-time-only.

About Perring Brewing Company
Established in 2012, Perrin Brewing Company of Comstock Park, MI is committed to crafting high-quality and consistent brews among each of the products with a focus on a classic look backed with a revolutionary taste. Offering over 20+ beers in the taproom, Perrin intends to find a brew fit for everyone. Through the Oskar Blues/Perrin/Cigar City ownership team, Perrin has experienced exponential growth among package offerings, out-of-state distribution and an increase in barrel  production. Perrin Brewing anticipates to brew over 26,000 barrels in 2016, a 70% increase over 2015.

About Cigar City Brewing
Cigar City Brewing, makers of Jai Alai IPA and Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout, was founded in 2009 by Joey Redner with the goal of creating quality beer that reflected the flavors and history of the Tampa region. This unique perspective resonated with the local and national markets alike and the brewery has quickly grown from 1,000 barrels of beer in 2009 to an excess of 65,000 barrels produced in 2016. The 2016 partnership with Oskar Blues of Lyons, Colorado ushered in a new era of growth for this Florida- based organization, with new markets and technologies on the horizon.