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Cigar City Brewing

Tampa, FL · Tampa Bay

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The brewery that put Tampa on the national craft map, pouring since 2009 from the West Spruce Street warehouse where founder Joey Redner first brewed Jai Alai IPA, the citrus-forward house beer now shipped across 39 states. The taproom keeps more than 20 lines flowing, and every March the cult Hunahpu's Day imperial stout draws beer hunters from across the country. Cigar City's stack of Great American Beer Festival medals backs up the reputation, but the real pull is drinking these beers steps from the tanks that made them.

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3924 W Spruce St, Tampa, FL 33607

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