Citra Pils
Switchback Brewing Company in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.86
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Born as a classic pilsener lager, Citra-Pils gets the added bonus of a lively, citrusy aroma from Citra hops to create a fascinating blend of pilsener and IPA sensibilities. The result is a complex beer which is clean, crisp, and refreshing. Citra-Pils is our special “twist” on the classic pilsener style of lager beer. We brew this lager in the most traditional way, using only Light Pils malt and Saaz hops. After a six-week lagering process, we dry hop this beer with a blend of Citra and Saaz hops. The bright lemony citrus notes of the Citra complement the noble Saaz character perfectly, yielding a delightfully refreshing pilsener with a decidedly nontraditional twist.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at father in-law party. Yellow pour and puffy head. Nose is grassy and lemon. Tastes grassy, citrus, doughy, pepper. Crisp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2020
at 23:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing. Bottle looks really interesting, nice format. Beer in the glass zippy, nice head. Fine spicy aroma. Starts hoppy, spicy, some herbal notes. Finish more balanced, still fine spicy. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2019
at 07:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Many thanks to Peter for this bottle. Smooth grainy beginning. Easy to drink with a grainy fruity and slightly bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2019
at 21:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 fl.oz bottle. A clear yellow golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of grassy bitter hopy, wet hay, citrus. Taste of citrus hops, hay, pale malt, straw, mild fresh bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2019
at 21:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a cloudy yellowish color with a foamy white head. Aroma of wheat. Tastes like an IPA on the tongue but with a very gentle spruce taste. Palate includes citrus, bread and pilsener influences. Great combination, really well put together and drinkable.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2018
at 00:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Enjoyed for Easter 2017 in Vermont with friends. Pours a hazy golden colour with a white frothy cap, nice lasting and foamy lacing. Cereal malt aromas with the citra hops. Citrus tasting with orange notes and light grapefruit zest that is well-blended. The mouthfeel is lightly dry. Quite nice, as not overly zest-peel dry. This is a nice blend of a few styles that go down very nicely. A different twist on the hoppy brews.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2017
at 18:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in Salisbury - picked up in NH. Pours clear yellow-gold, subtly effervescent, with a creamy, pure white head. The aroma has some citrusy hops, biscuits, a little grass. Light sweet flavour with a little rindy bitterness, pale bread, sturdy grassy hops, tangerine peel. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Decent balance in the finish, some more citrus fruits, pale grains, grass, melon. Fun stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2017
at 12:12
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours hazy straw into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sourdough and lemon aromas. Soft with sourdough and biscuit upfront turning to rotting vegetables before the lasting earthy bitter twig finish.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2017
at 19:19
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Keg at Switchback, Burlington. Hazy golden, creamy head. Bready nose with some tangerine. Mid dry with light-medium body and clean mouthfeel. Spicy grainy bread, mild citrus. Mid bitter finish. Flawless, but somewhat sterile. Lacks the malt softness which is the soul of kellerbiers.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2017
at 15:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the Lazy dog Slightly hazy deep yellow with a firmly bubbled white head that persists. Somewhat odd meaty note up front dissipated quickly. The nose has bits of earthy spicy floral citrus and some faint bready pilsner underneath. The flavor is about what the aroma promised but add a light skunk. Not horrible but certainly not as clean as the German beer they are trying to emulate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2017
at 16:29