Archive record · Brewery
Cigar City Brewing
Tampa, Florida, Florida, USA
- Founded
- 2009
- Archive ID
- TB-K2GM1WNJ
- Last checked
- 2026-08-05
Who owns this brewery?
The direct owner is recorded. No company is held above it.
- Cigar City BrewingThis brewery
- Monster Beverage Corp.Conglomerate
From the record
Summary
Famous for Jai Alai IPA. Also swallowed up by Monster Energy during the CANarchy acquisition.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Famous nationwide for their Jai Alai IPA, they were also absorbed by Monster Energy during the massive CANarchy acquisition.
Where it is
27.95902, -82.50934
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
Open on a mapEvents
- Lease-driven relocation announced; original 15-bbl brewhouse planned to move.2026
PLANNED_RELOCATION · Spruce Street → Ybor City, Tampa
Lease-driven relocation announced; original 15-bbl brewhouse planned to move.
- Current official site still supports active Spruce Street operation while Ybor move remains future.2026-09-08
CURRENT_SITE_SNAPSHOT · 3924 W Spruce St, Tampa
Current official site still supports active Spruce Street operation while Ybor move remains future.
The Museum
Timeline
- 2022To Monster with CANarchy
Monster Beverage buys the CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective for $330 million in 2022, taking Cigar City along with Oskar Blues, Squatters, Wasatch, Perrin and Deep Ellum. An energy drink company becomes a craft beer owner in a single transaction.
The People
Behind the beer
Tampa craft brewery famous for Jai Alai IPA.
The Beer Library
Beers
Jai Alai IPA
Year-RoundAmerican IPA
Named for the Basque sport that Tampa's Latin community brought with them. The beer did more than any campaign to put Florida on the American craft map.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hunahpu's Imperial Stout
LimitedImperial Stout
Named for a Mayan deity, brewed with cacao, vanilla, cinnamon and chillies. Its release day in Tampa became so oversubscribed that the 2013 event collapsed and had to be reinvented as a ticketed festival.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Maduro Brown Ale
Year-RoundEnglish Style Brown Ale
Official taproom list (Year-Round) [USA Pass 14]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Florida Man
Year-RoundDouble IPA
Official taproom list (Year-Round) [USA Pass 14]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Fancy Papers
Year-RoundHazy IPA
Official taproom list (Year-Round) [USA Pass 14]
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Year-RoundCitra Pale Ale
Official taproom list (Year-Round) [USA Pass 14]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cosmic Crown
Year-RoundBelgian-Style Strong Golden Ale
Official taproom list (Year-Round) [USA Pass 14]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sumo Splash
Year-RoundWatermelon Rice Lager
Official taproom list (Year-Round) [USA Pass 14]
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Plan a visit
Follow the money
How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 2009Founded
- 2022To Monster with CANarchy
Monster Beverage buys the CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective for $330 million in 2022, taking Cigar City along with Oskar Blues, Squatters, Wasatch, Perrin and Deep Ellum. An energy drink company becomes a craft beer owner in a single transaction.
Today the chain tops out at Monster Beverage Corp..
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Sources
- controlConfirmed
Cigar City Brewing is controlled by Public company.
Monster Beverage — SEC DEF 14A · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · 2026-04
PrimaryHigh reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-05Claim last checked 2026-08-05
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Cigar City Brewing
- Who owns Cigar City Brewing?
- Cigar City Brewing is owned by Monster Beverage Corp.. Cigar City Brewing is based in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Is Cigar City Brewing still independent?
- No. Cigar City Brewing is owned by Monster Beverage Corp. and is no longer independent.
- When was Cigar City Brewing acquired?
- 2022. Monster Beverage buys the CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective for $330 million in 2022, taking Cigar City along with Oskar Blues, Squatters, Wasatch, Perrin and Deep Ellum. An energy drink company becomes a craft beer owner in a single transaction.
- When was Cigar City Brewing founded?
- Cigar City Brewing was founded in 2009 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
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