Benny the Beer

Benny the Beer Slot Review

It is a stylish retro-themed video slot that is a bit similar to the Canny the Can gambling game. Benny the Beer brews the foamy, hoppy beverage thanks to the kind of exotic StackWays mechanics, simultaneously making you solid prizes.

There is a lot of stuff here to provide you with wins. For instance, StackWays mechanics with up to 10 paying symbols per reel during both — base and bonus games, and the FS round with the Book mechanics integrated, allowing you to choose up to 4 special bonus symbols that make payments due to StackWays anywhere they land on the reels. Wherein the max win is outstanding x10,000 by the bet.

Up to 100,000 pay lines and Medium volatility due to the frequent wins will make your gameplay as thrilling and exciting as possible.

Benny The Beer by Hacksaw Gaming Video ReviewBenny the Beer General Characteristics

• 1,024 - 100,000 pay lines
• 5 reels and 4 - 10 rows 
• Medium Volatility 
• RTP: 96.17%, 94.17%, 92.28%, 88.26%
• Hit frequency:37.79%, 37.74%, 37.66%, 37.40%
• Bet amount: 0.1 EUR - 100 EUR
• Maximum win multiplier: x10.000
• Maximum win value: 1,000,000 EUR
• 9 main symbols
• Additional symbols: Scatter

Benny the Beer Bonus Features

Strictly speaking, there is a single bonus feature called Stakways in this slot, which persists within both — the base game and the FS round. So, let’s learn Stakways mechanics a little bit closely.

StackWays

There are some special StackWays symbols in this slot that, aside from the usual paying ones, also land on the reels. Those can be of two possible types — with numbers (2, 3, 4) or a question mark drawn on them. The last ones reveal a random number from a list of these — 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, just after the feature activates on the playfield. Not every landing of those triggers the StackWays bonus function since that would be just in case of at least a single winning combination occurring due to its activation.

If the StackWays feature activates, those numbers mean the amount of identical paying pics that will appear on the reel with the initially landed StackWays symbol, varying from 2 to 10. The chosen picture will be the one that guarantees the longest winning sequence among those currently presented on the reels. If there is more than one paying symbol on the playfield, providing equal-length StackWays sequences, that needed one will be chosen among them randomly. More than one StackWays symbol may appear on the reels.

Scatter

Although there is no Wild in this slot, a Scatter symbol here is present. It is responsible for the FS rounds triggering.

Book of StackWays

You need 3 Scatters landed on the reels to begin this bonus function. Before the free spins start, according to the Book mechanics, two symbols have to be chosen. During the FS round below each reel, there is an indicator with random numbers from 2 to 10, whose values change with every spin. When at least three reels land the same symbol from that previously chosen pair, each of them is filled with the corresponding winning symbols in the amount indicated just beneath the current reel. Because of that, any previous landed pictures disappear from those reels. If every one of those two chosen symbols lands on a minimum of three different reels, corresponding payments are made for each one successively.

Scatters may land on the reels also during the free spins. If so, there are some engaging opportunities reveal:

• 2 Scatters guarantee 2 extra FS.

• 3 Scatters provide 4 extra FS.

• 4 Scatters grant the super bonus game activation.

Super Book of StackWays

This feature triggers from within both — the base and bonus games. In any way, you need 4 Scatters simultaneously to fall on the play grid.  

The super feature is sufficiently similar to the previous one, Book of StackWays, except for a single aspect. This time, before the bonus game starts, there have to be 4 chosen special symbols that will be part of the future StackWays winning combinations during the free spins.

Whereas in everything else, they are the same. Under each reel is an indicator that takes a random number between 2 - 10 per every free spin. Landing any of those 4 chosen symbols on at least three different reels guarantees the StackWays feature triggering alongside the payment for the made combination. Again, the number of special symbols filling those reels up correlates with the current under the reel's indicator value.   

Free spins retriggering is also possible due to the additional Scatters landed on the reels. Two of them, appearing simultaneously on the playfield, grant you 2 extra FS, whereas three — 4 extra FS.

Buy Free Spins

There are as many as 5 options to purchase:

• Super Book of StackWays guarantees 10 FS with 4 StackWays special symbols (x300).

• Book of StackWays grants 10 FS with 2 StackWays special symbols (x120).

• Triple Stack FeatureSpins provides at least 3 StackWays symbols per each spin (x75).

• Double Stack FeatureSpins delivers at least 2 StackWays symbols for every spin (x25).

• Bonushunt FeatureSpins increases 5 times your chances of triggering the FS round (x3).

Our Experience Playing Benny the Beer

To get a little bit of practice playing this slot, we made a 300-spin session with a €1 stake per round. The overall balance amount was €200. 

We didn’t get the FS round within the first 100 spins, but there were six times when the StackWays feature triggered within the base game, bringing us €51.4. There were 41 wins, 29 of which became lower than the bet, whereas the most elongated non-wins period consisted of 7 spins. The final balance totaled €175.1.

The second period with the same number of 100 spins brought us the first FS round triggering. That made us €44.7. Also, there were 4 StackWays feature triggers during the base game. Those earned us another €15.4. This time, we also got 41 wins, including 28 below the current stake. The most elongated period without wins became a bit more than the previous time — 9 spins. Eventually, the game balance size totaled €168.6.

Fortunately, the last hundred spins turned the luckiest one. We activated a new FS round and got the record win, which amounted to 152.1, whereas the StackWays prize amount, delivered within the base game, was just €2.2. This time, we also got 41 regular wins, 30 of which sadly were under €1. But that single big win let us even get a little above our initial balance amount. The final result totaled €256.2.

Here’s all the statistics gathered during our 300-spin playing session:

Benny the Beer Verdict

All said and done, that's a pretty cool game with a composition of two such engaging mechanics, like StackWays and Book, that are well enough bound into the gameplay process to be liked by many. 

Due to most wins less than the bet, your balance here critically depends on the bonus features income. Despite the not-so-generous StackWays feature during the base game, within the FS rounds, as we demonstrated, it may produce cash prizes of a great amount. Fortunately, due to our practical gaming experience, bonus game triggerings are not that rare. Of course, no one can guarantee you get free spins with certain regularity, but within a long distance, we think it's not a problem to trigger some profitable bonus games.

Anyway, even if your income won't repay expenses and your balance amount gradually downsizes, there is nothing that can stop you from enjoying this wonderfully designed video slot with its perfectly tuned graphics, fun soundtrack melody, and engaging gameplay due to the quite creative duo of those both mechanics — StackWays and Book.