Like a desert oasis, a brewery quenches thirst, offers shelter from the sun, and provides a cool, sudsy pool to wash your skin of camel spit. Relax and refresh parched throats with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of beer and merchandise at Cigar City Brewing in the Carver City–Lincoln Gardens neighborhood.

Cigar City Brewing sates desires for sophisticated imbibitions with an array of seasonal and year-round beers. Available by the taste, bottle, or keg at wholesale prices, these frothy treats are great for tickling your tonsils or intoxicating your imaginary friends. Tipple a bottle of the premium Jai Alai India Pale Ale, in which six different hop varietals fuse with a hint of caramel malt to create a complex, hearty interpretation of the classic IPA sprinkled with notes of citrus fruits and toasted sweet bread. Those tired of the cold weather can sip on a Warmer Winter, an old ale traditionally brewed to help natives through the chill of the brief Florida holiday season—customarily known to foreigners as summer. After visiting the tasting room, guests can visit the merchandise store to scoop up a CCB T-shirt ($20–$22), hat ($15), or 128-ounce growler jug ($7) to fill with fresh beer, glassware, and more.

Cigar City Brewing's Wayne Wambles leads a crew of dedicated ale artists in crafting exceptional alcoholic creations that involve neither karaoke nor slurred voicemail messages, from high-quality ingredients within the 6,600-square-foot, 15-barrel facility.

Reviews

RateBeer reviewers give Cigar City Brewing a five-star average, and Yelpers give it a 3.5-star average:

• A must visit if you’re in the area. – boFNjackson, RateBeer
• The staff was very knowledgeable and friendly. They seemed genuinely interested in their product and the processes to make it. – Krista P., Yelp, 5/29/2010