Single Hop Imperial IPA (Citra)
Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A lightly hazed golden amber dipa with a thin off white head. In aroma, nice grassy biscuit malt with good citrusy and floral hops. In mouth, a nice fruity biscuit malt with good citrus pulp, floral resinous hops, alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at Bacon and beer Classic.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very well put together. Very nice hop aroma and malt without being a boozy mess like many double ipas. Pours golden with OK head and lacing. Bitter finish. Lots of pine in this, some citrus and some shortbread cookie or something. Tap at meridian pint
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from the De Molen Beershop. Poured hazy light amber with a whispy white head. The aroma is buttery creamy toffee caramel. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet with a smooth rich buttery malt alcoholic palate. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Loved the beer, but where was the Citra?
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled, BB 18.04.14, large sample. Clear orange golden color, short lasting frothy off-white head. Aroma of lots of caramelly malts, hint of raisin, cookie and biscuit, citrussy fruit, Citra gets almost buttery. Flavor starts with lots of fruity bitterness, but also full bodied like in a smoothie. Plenty of biscuity sweetness as well. In the end the alcohol kicks in and it leaves quite a burn in the throat. The imperial IPA features have retained pretty well, although the fresh hop notes are probably mostly gone. Body seems big enough to cope with the alcohol, but still it comes through quite massively, which is a small downside.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Hazy yellow colour. Very intense aroma. Hoppy, citrusy, resinous. Texture is quite thick, carbonation low. Sticky sweet resin and fruity hops with lots of drying bitter notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6
Hazy golden with remaining laces. Grassy aroma with some honey and onion. Fruity taste but dominated by the alcohol. Distinct bitterness is lasting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
355ml bottle. Clear orangey golden colour with average, thick, creamy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, white head. Caramel malty aroma, piney hoppy overtones, bitter hop as well, some orange. Taste is minimally sweet caramel malty, cautious fruity hoppy overtones, some lemon, some orange, some pine, some bitterness. ’Single hop’ means neither rich nor deep or complex in this case.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle bought @ Systembolaget. Pours tiny hazy golden with a frothy offwhite head that slowly dissipates while leaving a small sticky trace on the glass. Smell is fruity and herbal with white bread, alcohol, grass, pine needles, grapefruit juice, lemon zest, orange zest, cereal, dry soil, lemony soap and hints of unripe tropical fruits and white pepper corns. Taste is bitter and herbal with white bread, crackers, alcohol, pine needles, resinous wood, grass, unripe tropical fruits, paint thinner, dried black currants, grapefruit rinds, lemon zest and orange peal. Mouthfeel is astringent, boozy, oily bitter, slightly sharply chemical and medium to full bodied. Finish is bitter with white bread, crackers, pine needles, resinous wood, grapefruit rinds, alcohol, grass and soap. Unbalanced bitterness combined with way too much alcohol makes it a very unimpressive DIPA. I guess freshness is to blame a little here though...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Flaska från SB. Bäst före april-14. Orangebrun, disig ganska lågt skum som bildar ett lock. Framförallt citrus i doften som känns lite trött och aningen småunken, men också tropisk frukt och tall. Stor kropp med väl dold alkohol, klibbig vätska, rejäl beska. Mycket citrus, lite syltig smak och ganska trött humle men ändå helt okej.