21 Pale Ale - Citra

Bottle. Wine Rack, Sharrow, Sheffield. Muddy gold. Film and ring of off white head. Nose has grapefruit and orange rind. Some peach stone. Some rubbery malts. Taste is muddy and grassy bitter. Medium body. Soft mouthfeel. Earthy bitterness on the finish. Not at all vibrant.

Bottle at home picked up from the brewery. A milky, clouded golden coloured pour with a reluctant loose white head. Aroma is lovely juicy lemon, sweet caramel, midget gems, orange rind, pulped mango. Flavour is composed of doughy grains, flour, wheat, spicy citrus fruits, sticky orange rind, mango, passion fruit. Palate is doughy, chalky, moderate carbonation, sticky hop. I like it , nice and juicy.

33 cl bottle. Pours hazy yellow, with a small white head. Aroma is grassy, slight herbal and citrusy. Grainy. Toasted malt. Citrusy. Light bitter. Mild citrusy finish.

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; murky orange pour with a tiny white head, aroma has passion fruit, pine and melon, taste has juicy pine, decent spices, love hop soup.

Bottle at home, 09/12/16. Murky orange with a decent off white covering that retains well. Can’t say the new murky look from BBno does it for me but the head retained well enough so just gets a 4 from me! Nose is orange pith, papya, straw, cantaloupe melon, lemon rind, light bread dough. Taste comprises light pine, orange pith, toasted grains, light mineral notes, straw, grassy, light dank pinch. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Adequate for style but a second successive BBno offering that hasn’t lived up to my expectations.

Bottle at home in London - sourced from the brewery. Pours murky gold with a small, frothy white head. The aroma holds tangerine, grainy pale malts, straw. Light sweet flavour with further grainy, pale malt character, touches of lemon rind, pith, grain husk. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with a little rindy bitterness, lemon and grapefruit pith, more grainy pale malts. A bit unrefined overall. So so.