EXP.004.MkII - Citra Bomb IPA
33 Brewing Experiment in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA Regular|
Score
6.81
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Mandarin and orange. Cloudy orange with a small white head. Mandarin and some juicy citrus.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at 33 Experiment, pours a cloudy bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma is very yeasty, with lots of chalky yeast soup, some dank hops, and major stone fruit pithiness. Flavour follows as expected, with lots of pithy stone fruits, chalky yeast, dank hops, and a lingering bitterness. Like so many hazies, this is way too yeasty and lacks actual hop flavour - drowned out by the yeast soup. It's not the worst I've had with this issue, but it's not my style either.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Hazy, clean for style, rich citra. Nice bitterness. This is quite well-made. Nice balance, no faults.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Good milky gold yellow body with no head. Sweet juicy hops with candy notes on the nose. Flavour is bright and sharp hops, strong bitterness, but not excessively so. Good mouthfeel, crisp carbonation. Nice citra hop heavy beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at the brewery
Cloudy to murky blond colour, small head. Potent juicy hop aroma, sweet citrus with a bit of manure. Lean mouthfeel, mildly sweet and balanced by some bitterness, juicy hops, sweet citrus, touch of mango; it may have some vegetable bitterness in the finish (unless this is still the coffee from the previous beer) and I suspect a trace of butter that is not distracting anyway.
This week this doesn't stand up compared to the other 2 Citra DIPAs just released, but it's a solid result.