Hop Valley Brewing Company Citrus Mistress

Citrus Mistress

 

Hop Valley Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
7.18
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 80 Ticks: 104
A blend of northwest hops known for their tropical fruit and citrus characteristics, complimented by the addition of grapefruit peel, give this northwest IPA a peachy apricot nose that transitions to the bitterness of grapefruit peel in the finish. Citrus Mistress sets the tone for citrus inspired beers everywhere.
 

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7

Draught at USATF Trials at Hayward - strong juice and pillow citrus notes up. Front, very east - orange amber pour

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:41


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Hoppy aroma of tropical fruits especially grapefruit, citrus, light caramel malt. Flavour is fruity with a nice big bitterness in the aftertaste. Great fresh IPA which was just what I needed on a sleazy summer night.

Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 14:09


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap. Pours amber. Grapefruit, biscuit, grain, tangerine, floral, little bitterness. Medium body. Fine.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2024 at 04:12


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 ounce can thanks to douglas88! Hazy orange, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of grapefruit, tangerine, pale malt. Taste is grapefruit, orange, lemon, pine-sol. Juicy.

Tried from Can on 26 Nov 2021 at 00:33


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. A golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus fruits, peaches, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruits, hops, malt, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 28 Mar 2020 at 10:45


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Crisp clear golden and peach coloured body with a nice, relatively thin, but noticeable off-white head, just a centimetre tall. Aroma of, you guessed it, pure citrus and grassy hop notes with a lot of grapefruit and pure oranges coming through along with a dash of lighter grass and bitterness. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and very bitter flavour at first from the grapefruit and a lot of hop bitterness from the grass and herbal notes that provide a strong punch to the relatively balanced, but on the lighter side, grainy and lightly earthy malt notes. Aftertaste shows bitterness and a lot of hop notes with the citrus and grapefruit flavours and a little grassiness, with a touch of alcohol that shows up on the end. Overall, a nice and relatively balanced beer that shows a ton of fresh hop flavours and a bunch of grapefruit and orange flavours with a dash of malt towards the end, with a super small amount of sweetness to overpower the hop bitterness, but that is what is expected with this one. I sampled this 19.2 ounce can, purchased from Whole Foods in [downtown] Los Angeles, California on 27-December-2019 for US$2,99 sampled in my hotel room here in [downtown] San Diego, California on 29-December-2019.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2019 at 17:22


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pale amber color. Grassy citric aroma with notes of mango and pineapple. Grassy earthy citric hopbitter flavor with hints of plastic and tropical fruit. Nice!

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:05


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at the yard house Las Vegas Town Square. A light hazed mid golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet, orsnte rind, little pine, light petrol. Palate is semi sweet, hop chew, moderate carbonation. Little chalk in the finish. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, mellow citrus hop, orange, tangerine, biscuity grains.

Tried on 09 Aug 2019 at 22:49


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

19.2 Fl Oz can; BB3rd Apr 19. Drank in California on 27th Feb 19. Slight haze to the golden body, smooth white crown on top. Grapefruit esters and flavours dominate the brew from start to finish in this hoppy beer. Just overdone the Grapefruit Peel for my palate.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2019 at 05:10


5

Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2019 at 13:15