This award winning, highly rated Brew is one of Cigar City Brewing’s cornerstone beers. Jai Alai pours a nice copper color in the glass, as it builds a nice big creamy white head. The aromas are awesome as you get big floral citrus with tropical fruit notes, such as mango, pineapple, grapefruit and tangerine. The flavor is balanced perfectly with the malt’s slight caramel sweetness to round-out all the bright fruit to create a perfect IPA experience.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 7.5%
Rate Beer Rating: 99/100
Beer Advocate Rating: 95/100
An Amber Ale with tropical flavor. Pale and caramel malts blended with hops create a crisp and refreshing taste.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.8%
Florida Beer Company Key West Sunset Ale can be found in the Beach Beer Gift Basket.
Keybilly Island Ale by BrewHub (Florida)
The perfect taste of Florida in a can! Slight hints of lime and coconut offer a very refreshing and flavorful ale.
ABV: 5.4%
This light-bodied lager pours a clear amber into the glass, as it builds a medium creamy white head. The aromas are of lemon grass, malt cereal and a slight scent of hay. The slightly lemony flavor profile, light body and 4.7% ABV of this brew, makes this a very favorable beer on a hot summer day on the Island or just relaxing with a few after mowing the lawn!
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.7%
Margaritaville Landshark can be found in the Beach Beer Gift Basket.
Quadrupel is La Trappe’s heaviest ale with a stunning amber color. Brewed in the Netherlands, it’s warm and intense flavor is rich and finely balanced. Malty sweet, slightly burnt, and pleasantly bitter with a sweet aftertaste. This Quadrupel continues to ferment after bottling and offers aromas of banana, almond, vanilla and others.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 10%
Beer Advocate Rating- 93/100
Rate Beer Rating- 99/100
La Trappe Quadrupel Trappist Ale can be found in the World Class Belgian Beer Gift Basket.
This little gem of an Ale was the first to start the Craft Beer revolution! It has been brewed since 1975, by Anchor Brewing’s founder, Fritz Maytag. This beer pours a clear golden color in the glass as it builds a nice frothy medium white head. The aromas are of floral citrus fruit such as grapefruit and orange. This is followed by sweet malts that balance out the bouquet. This brew is an Ale that wants to be a subtle IPA! This was the early flavor blueprint for the West Coast IPA style. Very nice!
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.9%
Rate Beer Rating: 95/100
Beer Advocate Rating: 87/100
Liquid Bliss Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter by Terrapin Beer Company (Georgia)
Beer for Dessert! The bold flavor of a porter combined with the sweetness of chocolate and peanut butter creates the perfect harmony for your taste buds.
ABV: 6.1%
An American Pale Wheat Ale with piney, citrus hops and background malts. This ale has a hoppy IPA character with a smooth finish.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 7.5%
Rate Beer Rating: 100/100
Beer Advocate Rating: 99/100
This Hawaiian Lager has a very smooth taste. It pours a clear light amber in the glass, creating a medium-thick white head. You get the aroma of the malts and a slight hint of hops. The body is light with a crisp taste. Perfect for a hot day!
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.6%
Maduro Brown Ale by Cigar City Brewing (Florida)
Maduro is a Northern English-style brown ale with some American affectations. The caramel malts, mocha, chocolate and dark fruits combine well for a mild and hoppy bitterness. You can also taste hints of cocoa, oats, toffee, toasted nuts and bread. This brew pairs well with mild to medium cigars.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.5%
Rate Beer Rating: 94/100
Beer Advocate Rating: 87/100
Milk Stout by Left Hand Brewing Company (Colorado)
This delicious Stout pours a beautiful black into your glass, as it builds a medium tan head that fades quickly. The aromas from this nectar are luscious milk chocolate, vanilla and a slight coffee. The flavors match the aromas perfectly, showcasing the savory notes that roasting malts can bring to the awaiting palette. This beauty clocks in at 6% ABV and has a nice, silky mouthfeel, making it impossible for you not to reach for another bottle of this.
Monkeyfist IPA by Shipyard Brewing Company (Maine)
This delicious 5 star IPA pours a nice hazy caramel color in the glass as it builds a tall, off-white billowy head. The aromas you’ll experience are huge malty scents of caramel, toffee, molasses and a slight citrus to balance. The flavors are very interesting for this IPA. As you swirl each sip, you’ll get a sweet maltiness in the front of your pallet and a hop bittering in the back. The hoppiness lingers with each sip, as if to welcome the next.
Alcohol By Volume (ABV): 6.9%
Monk’s Blood by 21st Amendment (California)
You'll want this strong ale on a wintry evening to enjoy the faint cinnamon and sugar flavors and the deeper oak and fig taste and scent. It's especially good by itself although it's also crafted to go with a winter stew or a buttery dessert.
Grassy aromas with sweet malt, caramel and pine on the nose. Nugget hops combined with pine, grass, hints of mint and caramel flavors provide a smooth finish.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 6.9%
Porter by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (California)
This world class Porter pours a deep clear cherry-mahogany color into your glass, as it builds a thick and rich, tan head. The aromas from this are some of the best that roasted malts can give, such as coffee, milk chocolate and nuttiness. The flavors match the aromas and swirl in a delicious dance around your palette, leaving a slight bitterness on the back of your palette.
Rare Vos Amber Ale by Ommegang (New York)
Rare Vos Amber Ale is brewed in New York, but is styled after the smooth, drinkable beers popular in Belgian cafés. The caramel maltiness shines strongly but with little sweetness. The profile leans toward dry fruity (yeast-affiliated), slightly fruity/hoppy with a beguiling spiciness. Well-balanced in all elements, it's a mild, mellow brew.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 6.5%
Beer Advocate Rating- 91/100
Rate Beer Rating- 95/100
An American IPA brewed with a variety of West Coast hops. The fruity flavors of grapefruit and citrus combined with subtle pine notes make this a refreshing and favorite IPA of hop lovers.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 6.5%
Rod Bender Red Ale by 3 Daughters Brewing Company
Brewed in St. Petersburg, FL, this red ale features a rich, malt flavor with a dry toasted, chocolate finish. The caramel flavor combined with hops, offers a nice, smooth finish.
ABV: 5.9%
Ruination Double IPA 2.0 by Stone Brewing Company
This DBL IPA pours a hazy, honey-straw color into your glass, as it builds a medium to thick, creamy-white head. You get nice floral hop aromas from this, such as pineapple and orange. You also get a slight pininess that’s mellowed out by the malt’s sweetness. The flavors are beautiful citrus notes across the palette with a nice, semi-sweet malt balance. This has a medium bitterness that lingers on the back palette with each swallow. This brew clocks in at a hefty, full-bodied 8.5% ABV.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 7%
Rate Beer Rating: 100/100
Beer Advocate Rating: 98/100
Sculpin Grapefruit IPA by Ballast Point Brewing (California)
The Sculpin IPA's are American-style India pale ales and the brewer lays claim to some flavored ales that pack "a bit of a sting, just like a Sculpin fish." The sculpin fish is sometimes called a sea scorpion if that helps! The Grapefruit Sculpin has a genuine grapefruit flavor with the lightly bitter and tangy tastes you'd expect along with crisp apricot, peach, mango and lemon. It's a full flavored IPA with a citrus bang that demands your attention.
Sculpin Pineapple by Ballast Point (California)
Like the Ballast Point Grapefruit, the Pineapple Sculpin version brings it's own powerful punch of citrus and a crispy hop bite. A clear pineapple scent and flavor hits the front of your mouth and then rolls back with a juicy fruit salad finish that is easy to drink. Nice dryness in the finish!
Sixty-One IPA by Dogfish Head Brewing (Delaware)
This IPA pours a clear honey-gold into your glass, as it builds a tall, billowy white head. The aromas from this are a slight hoppy citrus note, as well as a slight sparkling grape juice scent. The flavors are interesting, as you get a slightly sour, very light grape juice taste. It lingers a little on the palette, but not much. This brew clocks in at 6.5% ABV, giving it a medium body. This is a good beer for anyone looking for something different!
ABV: 6.5%
Space Dust IPA by Elysian Brewing (Washington)
An IPA with a lot going for it like a nice balance of citrus and melons and not too hoppy. A tangerine and pine nose and a finish that is a little creamy and then hits you with just the right amount of spice.
St. Bernardus Abt 12 Belgian Abbey Ale
St. Bernardus Abt 12 is an ale brewed in the classic ’Quadrupel’ style of Belgium’s best Abbey Ales. This brew is dark with a full, ivory-colored head. It has a fruity aroma, full of complex flavors and excels because of its long bittersweet finish with a hoppy bite. Worldwide, this brew is seen as one of the best beers in the world. It’s a very balanced beer with a full-bodied taste and a perfect equilibrium between malty, bitter, and sweet.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 10%
Beer Advocate Rating- 99/100 (World Class Ranking)
Rate Beer Rating- 100/100
Stout by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (California)
This excellent Stout pours black into the glass, building a medium thick billowy-tan head. The aromas and flavors from the hearty roasted malts are a slight kiss of coffee, a dry wisp of dark chocolate and a nice hint of caramel. The 5.8%ABV gives no alcohol warmth, which allows the hop bittering to come through slightly and leaves a dry, full-bodied sip that begs for another!
Brewed in Melbourne, FL; This Double IPA has a combination of orange peel, pineapple and other citrus notes combined with sweet caramel notes for an overall refreshing, fruity flavor.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 10%
A light-bodied American Pale Ale. The banana notes with citrus fruit accents make for an enjoyable, easy to drink beer.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.9%
Tiny by Weyerbacher (Pennsylvania)
A rich stout with layers and layers of flavor starting with a cocoa to match the super-dark color, high malt, sweet molasses and an earthy richness. A creamy-smooth mouthfeel as thick as a cup of cappuccino and a lightly burnt bitter aftertaste.
An IPA with aggressive hops and robust flavor. A favorite by IPA lovers everywhere.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 7.1%
Rate Beer Rating: 98/100
Toaster Pastry Ale by 21st Amendment (California)
This India-style red ale has an attention-getting name and does it well by using Castle Biscuit Malts and noticeable fruity mouth sensations to create an homage to the former life of the brewery as a toaster pastry factory. The berry jam flavor and red-amber pour is a sweet opportunity to the beer adventurer.
Torpedo Extra IPA by Sierra Nevada (California)
This Beer pours a hazy caramel in the glass and builds a tall, silky off-white head. The aromas from this IPA are hop classics, such as piney and grassy scents, but like a canvas, that holds steady the vibrant strokes of color in a painting, the hop flavors are balanced perfectly with a malty background. This brew clocks in at a slightly warming 7.2% ABV for an excellent full-bodied IPA!
This excellent Ale pours a nice murky amber into the glass, as it creates a medium creamy-white head. It has delicate hoppy aromas of citrus, orange peel and light lemon. You can also smell the mellow sweetness of malt. As you take your first sip, you get a very nice floral citrus flavor that’s balanced nicely with the sweetness of the malt’s toffee-like character. This creates a perfect blend of sweet and bitter that combined with its 7% ABV gives you a full-bodied, lingering flavor to be enjoyed sip after sip.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 7%
Rate Beer Rating: 100/100
Beer Advocate Rating: 95/100
Brewed in Tampa, FL, this Trippel pours a hazy amber in the glass and finishes with a medium, creamy-white head. The aromas and flavors are Floridian-Belgian or “FloriBel”, as you experience sweet, tropical citrus such as, Orange, Pineapple and Slight Lemon along with the Belgian signature spice, Coriander, making this Trippel, an excellent, full-bodied Brew!
White Christmas by Sam Adams (Massachusetts)
A Christmas favorite! This crisp, white ale is brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg and orange peel. The perfect beer for relaxing in front of the fire place.
ABV: 5.8%
This is a good American Pale Lager from the oldest Brewery in America! The brew pours a clear amber in the glass, as it builds a nice medium frothy white head. The aromas are of medium roasted caramel malts and cereal. It’s also brewed with 2 different hops to balance out the malt sweetness, for a nice crisp flavor, sip after sip! This is a very sessionable Beer, as it comes in at 4.4% ABV.