So far I've given you the lowdown on the intro, summary, graphics, music and sound effects. Hopefully, you’re now building up a picture of the Benny the Beer slot game. Next up will be the key game features.
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Theme – Beer
I've stated above that the theme is about beer for simplicity's sake but really it’s much more than that. A more realistic theme title would be - a 1970s-style beer picnic in the forest - but it doesn’t quite have the same ring does it?
The colours used within the game’s design look like they’ve jumped straight out of a classic 70s interior design book. Expect lots of oranges and earthy hues including avocado green and shades of browns.
On the reel imagery, you’ll discover further 1970s imagery and fonts. I can imagine seeing some of the reel’s characters emblazoned on the front of a retro t-shirt. Alongside some funky bell bottoms and platform shoes to complete the look. In order of highest value, the character symbols are a beer, a bomb, a camera, an alarm clock, and a padlock and key. You’ll find the usual standard symbols of J, Q, K & A in vintage-style illustrations.
Reels
Benny the Beer is a slot game with a classic 5-reel and 4-row setup.
Paylines
When the 10 Stackways Featire is triggered you can stack up your reels with up to 10 symbols per reel. This means that there are a staggering 100,000 potential paylines which adds up to more ways of winning.
RTP
I’m including here a description of the acronym RTP which means return to player. You’ll see this on all slots sites. It’s a way of telling players theoretically what percentage of their slots will be returned to them over the long term. The figure is usually somewhere between 94% and 96%. Benny the Beer slightly exceeds this figure at 96.17%.
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Stake Range
When playing the Benny the Beer slot game you’ll find a wide bet range which starts at £0.10 and goes right up to £100.
Max Win
You’ll find a decent max win amount for this game which is 10,000x your total stake.
Free Spins
There are 2 free spins bonus rounds to play with for the Benny the Beer slot game. Firstly, there is the Book of Stackways. If you land 3 FS Scatter Symbols in the base game you’ll receive 10 Free Spins. At the start of the Book of Stackways bonus you’ll see 2 pay symbols randomly selected to represent the ‘Special Symbols’. Should either of these land across 3 or more reels, they will stack up to 10 rows high in classic Book fashion. You can see the 2 Special Symbols at the top of the screen once they are triggered. Re-triggers are possible during this round too. If you land 2 FS Symbols you get an extra 2 spins and 3 symbols give you 4 more. If you land 4 FS Symbols you’ll upgrade to the next Free Spins level entitled the Super Book of Stackways.
As mentioned above, the Super Book of Stackways is triggered by landing 4 FS Scatter Symbols. At the start of this round 4 pay symbols will be randomly chosen to be the Special Symbols. If any of these land across at least 3 reels they will stack up to as high as 10 rows high.
Jackpot
Like the majority of modern-day slot games, there is no jackpot element within the Benny the Beer slot game. If jackpot games are your bag you should check out our page with the best jackpot slot games.
Play Experience & First Impressions
Immediately after launching the game for the first time I was a fan of the graphics but I wasn't sure where the beer theme would lead to. However, I’m happy to report that the entire setting ties together seamlessly to create a warm and fuzzy retro beer-fest story.
The features are the primary pull of any slot game and the Benny the Beer features are excellent, straightforward and seemed to trigger pretty frequently during my testing. This matched with the medium volatility rating of the game. Visually the 10 Stackways Feature looked fantastic on the reels and worked well with the theme of filling up the glass of beer. It’s fun and can bring in some decent wins as 10 is a whole heap of matching symbols! It's great to think that there are 100,000 winning combos available from this.
The 2 Free Spins rounds offered something different in the way of randomly naming the Special Symbols at the start of the round. It was fun not knowing what was about to come up and then looking out for these symbols after every spin. Having 4 symbols for the Super Book of Stackways was the cherry on the top as there were even more chances.
