Oh the Citranity!
Beards Brewery in Petoskey, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating|
Score
7.16
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Bright, citrus nose and flavor profile with pronounced grapefruit notes and a balanced bitter finish.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2022
at 14:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 09 May 2020
at 11:54
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 10/11/2019. Pours slightly hazy deep golden/amber/light orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey/caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey/caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light honey/caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 5.2%. Overall this is a fantastic session IPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/clean/refreshing to drink with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish. Not overly aggressive, very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Fantastic Citra showcase as expected. Extremely vibrant, dank, earthy, and fairly juicy hops; with a great clean pale malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. Loved the hop profile as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 04:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a dense foam head and aromas of light citrus with a touch of honey. Flavor is a punch of grapefruit rind with a nice balance to the whole thing. It’s kinda watery, but decent enough after a couple other beers that didn’t get finished this evening.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2017
at 22:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at Gravity. Pours a near clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of tropical fruits and pineapple with light grains backing. Flavor has more of a grass and earthy citrus notes with a touch of sweet grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2017
at 16:15