Citra Double IPA
Liberty Brewing Company in Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.55
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Strong notes of citrus shouldn’t surprise anyone who reads the label.
2022 NZ Beer Awards - Trophy IPA
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
At a private tasting in Serbia with markoijelena and luttonm. "Pour it" orange skin, filtered (just a bit hazy) with a off white foamy head which leaves s lacing. Nose: pine resin. Mouth: oily feel of resin. Cool.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Golden orange with a white head. Powerful citra hop aroma, and that’s about it. Flavor is similar, screaming "all citra, all the time!" It does have a light and residual caramel malt sweetness, but it’s well hidden. This is a good brew however it needs more complexity. I’m honestly shocked at the 100 rating. I made a SMaSH home-brew with citra and it tasted pretty close to this (I am not saying I am on par with pro brewers). Fun, interesting, but not a go-to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Brew at Quay, Auckland, August 2014. Hazy golden with a medium white head. Fresh and hoppy with grapefruit, mango, grass and some cookies. The finish was dry and bitter. A tasty one.
TimE (11144) reviewed Citra Double IPA from Liberty Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Deep rich amber golden color. Little white head. Heavenly nose of citrus and tons of mangoes. Clean maltiness. Big, full body with hop explosion that jumps across the mouth to the back of the tongue. Very prickly, but plenty of malt to balance things out. Slightly boozy. Hops never leave the tongue and just sit front and center. Really well executed IIPA. Top notch stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle received as extra in trade. Thank you stoutnick! Pours hazy golden with a rather small frothy white head that leaves lots of sticky lacing and trace on the glass. Smell is fruity with crackers, cookies, grapefruit juice, moist grass, yellow winegums, pineapple juice, pine needles, orange zest, lemony soap and lemon zest. Taste is sweet, slightly bitter and fruity with white bread, grapefruit juice, overripe tropical fruits, sugar, orange zest, lemon zest, minerals, moist grass, pine needles, kumquats, chives and star fruit. Mouthfeel is soft, round, slightly astringent and medium to full bodied. Finish is tiny sweet, bitter and fruity with white bread, grapefruit juice, kumquats, peaches, moist grass, pine needles, minerals, chives and star fruit. Solid IIPA! Possibly a bit too sweet...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle, 11C. Clear gold, white head fades to 1cm and hangs around leaving spots of lace. Low bead. Aroma of oranges, lemon leaves and flowers, lychees, dried mango skin. Low carbonation, mouthfeel just short of syrpuy. Very sweet, slightly honeyed hayish malt - no caramel at all (woo and furthermore hoo). Citrus flavours ooze on though and take over. Bitterness doesn’t seem that high and there’s no abrupt snap towards dry at the end - it just gently overcomes the sweetness and leaves a gentle waft of citrus aromatics at the end. Alcohol is felt after a little while but there’s not much sense of it in the aroma or mouth. Very lovely indeed. [4.1]330ml bottle. I wonder what bb 11/04/18 means - probably bottled April 17 but hard to be sure. But again, sweet - no caramel - but good. Lots of hop character but it’s never allowed to be harsh. Fabulous beer. Leaving the score as it is but would cut appearance to 3 yielding 4.0.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Citra Double IPA from Liberty Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Rich citrusy rich earthy. Only a hint of oxidation and a slice of citrus. Decent stuff.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Citra Double IPA from Liberty Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Beervana. Clear golden yellow color, white edge head. Aroma of dusty lemons, very nice. Taste is bitter lemon peel. Tasty.