Liberty Brewing Company Citra Double IPA

Citra Double IPA

 

Liberty Brewing Company in Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.55
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 99 Ticks: 28
This crushing double IPA, named for the legendary hop that predominates, is one of New Zealand craft brewing’s original palate benders, famous for squeezing every last drop of flavour and aroma from its American namesake.

Strong notes of citrus shouldn’t surprise anyone who reads the label.
2022 NZ Beer Awards - Trophy IPA
 

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Can) Pours clear amber with big white head. Lovely citrus aroma. Medium bodied with good full carbonation. Great taste with good citrus start, some nice toffee malt and plenty of hoppy bitterness. Excellent.

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2025 at 09:27


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can at School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy medium amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, citrus fruits, light alcohol. The flavour is over moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, malt, big juicy lemon citrus, herbal liqourice, light floral, big warm, slightly boozy, woody hop bitter palate. Over medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Can at School of Animals on 17 Dec 2022 at 13:57


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

From a 440ml can on 19/9/2020. Pours a clear deep golden with a medium head. The aroma is dank, grassy, herbal and hoppy. Starts with sweet biscuit malt and citrus and tropical fruit. Finishes with a big tangy citrus hop bitterness, with lemon dominating proceedings. The mouthfeel is stick and syrupy, the carbonation softish. A bold, intense and enjoyable hop bomb with nice sweet bitter balance.

Tried from Can on 19 Sep 2020 at 12:59


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Tall can from Countdown outside Christchurch airport, drank in Tekapo. Had alongside another Liberty DIPA, Hoptical Illusion. Aroma is very dank, with tropical pineapple and banana. Taste is huge bitter bite at the front, lemon peel, citrus juice, and sweet tropical fruit. Palate is a little rich, but with enough carbonation. Finish is boozy and lemon bitter. Very straightforward but well done. Would get again.

Tried from Can on 14 Mar 2020 at 07:20


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home from Biervana, Munich, 15th Decemeber 18. Pours an orange beer, clear and a large head. Aroma is spuce, citrus. Taste is bitter, pith, citrus and pine, quite assertive, bitter sweet and robust. Really nice DIPA

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2018 at 22:16


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared. Bit hazy golden with big fluffy white head. Dank hops, grapefruit, lime, sweet sugary malts, quite some alcohol, light peach, chicory, yuzu, light scotch. Over medium sweet and bitter. Over medium bodied with alcoholic finish. Lovely hops, and quite tasty overall, but too much alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2018 at 21:02


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle muled from NZ by my wife! Pours clear orange, medium off-white head, dissipates fairly quickly, decent lacing. Aroma is stinky, oranges, dankness, herbal. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Likely past its prime, but no bottling date and it was consumed 16 hours after purchase. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2018 at 00:51


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel, malt, citrus fruits, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, hops, and straw, leaing to a bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2018 at 09:34


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared on Level 42. 2018 kick off session. 05/01/2018. Thanks to Colin for this one. A clear orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma i s toffee orange rind, fanta. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, medium malts, sticky orange, tangerine, toffee, mango. Palate is medium sweet, moderate carbaontion. Old school, .

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2018 at 08:55


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared in London - thanks to Colin. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. The aroma has rindy citrus, pine needles. Light sweet flavour with crusty pale malts, more piney hops, citrus rind, ripening oranges. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly resinous in the finish, more piney hops, rind, orange, tangerine. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2018 at 15:29