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Sarasota News Leader January 4, 2013 2010 it won a silver medal for the same beer; in 2011, it won another gold medal for the Minaret ESB; and in 2012, it won a bronze medal for the Cucumber Saison, which is a light, refreshing, Belgian-style summer beer infused with cucumber and dill. These and various other awards won at craft beer competitions across the United States, along with frequent high ratings from Beeradvocate and the similar RateBeer site, have combined with lore about special release beers and aged beers to create a culture of Cigar City obsession among craft beer fans across the country. Probably the best illustration of this is Cigar City���s elusive Hunah- Page 68 pu���s Imperial Stout, which has an almost unheard-of rating of 99 points on Beeradvocate. The brewery releases it only one day per year ��� on its March 9 birthday ��� which has been dubbed ���Hunahpu���s Day.��� The extremely limited-release Hunahpu���s, which is a variant of Cigar City���s popular Marshal Zhukov���s Imperial Stout, is brewed with three different kinds of chiles, cocoa nibs, Madagascar vanilla and Ceylon cinnamon. On its release date last year, it attracted more than 5,000 customers to the brewery, some of whom arrived hours before the doors even opened. It sold out in a matter of hours, de- The tasting room at Cigar City Brewing offers flights for patrons who want to try various beers at once, which is often helpful for first-time visitors navigating the extensive draft menu.