Citraddiction XPA (2019)
Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.03
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In 2019 Citraddiction features a new look, new character, new yeast! This New England-Style Extra Pale Ale is bursting with juicy aromas and flavours thanks to a generous amount of Citra hops combined with a Vermont yeast strain. Cyril, aka Captain Alpha reminds you to drink it fresh!
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
473ml can. Pours a hazy gold-yellow with a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves soapy lacing. Sweet fruity aroma of bready pale malt, peach, mango, grapefruit, orange, earthy yeast and piney hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready pale malt, papaya, mango, pineapple, peach, orange, guava, grapefruit and earthy yeast in a dry, mild bitter, light piney hop finish. Light to medium body with a sticky texture and soft carbonation. Flavourful and crushable.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2021
at 05:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Got in a BIF from Coronaeus. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 3/27/2019. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.4%. Overall this is an excellent session NEAPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome Citra showcase as expected. Very juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy hops with Vermont yeast complexity; and a nice balancing wheat/oat/malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example for the ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2019
at 21:49