Citra Pils
Switchback Brewing Company (USA) in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Regular|
Score
6.86
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22oz bottle pours a clear gold with some soft, white head. Nose is what you’d expect given the title, light grist, a little peanut skin, yeast and then bright citra hop, orange, a little tangerine. Flavor follows, a bit corny with some grist as well, yeast, peanut skin, light white grape, tangerine, some grass. Crisp finish. Decent enough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
This was poured into a tall English pub glass with a fast pour to assist in trying to bring out a good pilsener effect.
Here’s the rest.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy golden yellow color with a one to two finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute leaving a messy lacing roaming around the glass.
The smell started off with a grassy to light citrus hoppiness roaming over a light pilsner malt.
The taste stays sweet and crisp rolling into a crisp clean grassy aftertaste leading into a refined crisp finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly good sessionability and has a nice carbonation about it. It pounds appropriately for the style and for me.
Overall, as a pilsener it definitely works adding a slight citrus in the aroma. I’d have this again.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Slightly cloudy, light yellow a great dense off white head with tight bubbles. Aroma is light, hint of grapefruit, sweet orange, tangerine and table sugar. Really great mouthfeel, dense and tingly. Lager yeast is there but not overwhelming. Hop bitterness lingers for a very long time. This is a solid beer. Wish it had more juiciness.
CLW (16859) reviewed Citra Pils from Switchback Brewing Company (USA) 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at Holy Grail, Epping. Crystal clear yellow color, fizzy carbonation that had slow dying head. The aroma is light pils malt and that faint citrus from the Citra hops. Extremely light even when warm.
The flavor starts with very weak citrus with a massive grainy base. After the citrus dies away it ends clean with a drying finish. Body is medium leaning on light with bitterness almost nonexistent. Even fresh this is malty. Overall, pretty respectable but I’m not rushing to down another pint.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap. Pours mostly clear golden, small white head, nice lacing. Aroma is faint citra, dank and passionfruit, grain. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter, citrus, tropical, mango. Drinks a lot like a session IPA, but at 5%, I want a little more.