Citra Ass Down
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.18
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This beer is not candy or mother’s milk. It is not brewed by gypsies or aliens, nor does it contain any zombie dirt. This is an American Style IPA brewed with Citra Hops. It is citrusy, sticky, hoppy and delicious. Simply drink it and enjoy it. Don’t hoard this beer, Citra Ass Down and drink it now.
(Online description:) This is a very hop forward American style IPA. Brewed with Pale, Vienna, Munich and wheat malt for a solid base for all American hops, focusing mainly on the variety “Citra.” Citra hops are a relatively new variety introduced in 2008. It was bred as a hybrid of a number of different hops, including Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, U.S. Tettnanger, East Kent Golding, Bavarian, Brewers Gold, and other unknown hops. The resulting hop, Citra, has a distinct citrusy and tropical fruit flavor and aroma. In Citra ass down we used American Columbus for bittering and 11# of Citra at the end of the boil for late kettle addition flavor and aroma. Then we added 6 more pounds Citra and 5# Centennial post fermention for aroma. Rebrewed for your tasting pleasure!
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy gold with a two-finger head. Aroma is extremely hoppy with strong grapefruit and spruce. Taste is also extremely hoppy with strong grapefruit and spruce.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Feb 2026
at 04:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Keg at Man in The Moon, Stockholm. Clear pale amber, small head. Mild tangerine aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Caramel and mild citrus. Resinous bitter woody finish. Rathet sharp with incredibly shy flavours.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2026
at 18:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Resinous hoppy aroma with orange, pine resin, malt, grapefruit, some caramel. Flavour is bitter with a moderate sweetness. Body is medium. Thick and resinous, bittersweetish, finishes with a fairly heavy (bit boozy) flavour.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2025
at 07:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 26 Sep 2024
at 01:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sample flight on their brew pub Louisville downtown. Dark copper in the glass. Strong citrus aroma. Taste is more on the malty grainy side with citrus and pine. Nearly oily. Little bit scratchy in the aftertaste but also a nice pne.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2024
at 22:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Orangeish amber colour with a mediumsized head. Aroma is mango, citrus, some caramel and mild alcohol as well. Flavour is very fruity, nectary, some floral bitteress along with a bit wooden and some sweet malts to it. Fresh and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2023
at 16:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Backlog October 2016. Almost clear orange golden body under a light, white head. Strong citric fruity aroma with grapefruit and fresh grass, some pale malt as well. Taste is pale malt, plenty of citric fruit, pine and balanced bitterness. Feels quite refreshing with a nice balance between sweet malt and fruity hops, balanced body as well and pleasant aftertaste. A refreshing beer with decent taste, nice.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2022
at 06:15
5/10
01/19/21 I think it says... Always happy to see an old school IPA but this was soapy and not appetizing. Thanks halftime. If I ever see a fresh can I'll be sure to give it another try.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2021
at 21:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
16 oz. Pours slightly hazy sunshine gold with a one finger cream white head with good retention. Aroma has notes of sweet bread, wood, caramel. Taste has a light to moderate bitterness and significant caramel malt sweetness. Nice mouthfeel. Tasty malt forward IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2021
at 02:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark orange colour with thin head. There's a decent malt flavour to this one. Hop notes have bitterness of grapefruit but also lighter tropical fruits too which adds some mellowness.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2021
at 21:01