Citra Session IPA
Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
7.16
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
bottle at home ... golden amber ... thin white lacing .. ligth zezty floral orange .. ligth peppery fruit nose ..ligth toffee fruit .. soft caramel .. light sweet fruit
Stuu (34525) reviewed Citra Session IPA from Green Flash Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at craig’s. Pours golden, nose is grapefruit, lemonade, toffee, taste is dry, bitter, zesty citrus.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at the October Christmas at The Garvie’s tasting. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light grapefruit. Taste is bitter, thin finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at GBBF ’15, day 1, 11/08/15. Clear golden blonde with a decent off white covering. Nose is citric pith, melon, straw, lemon rind, pissy waves, grapefruit, pine. Taste comprises orange pith, citric tinged straw, melon, grapefruit, light pine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a hop bite. Decent SIPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle dated best by 2/3/16 into a tulip. A: Mostly clear tawny gold with a tight 1 finger head. Few rising bubbles seen. Good retention without much lacing. S: Sharp grapefruit zest and pith aroma. Maybe a whiff of caramel. T: An initial hit of sweetness greets the tongue immediately before sharp, biting bitterness. Great malt flavor here which seems to be a rarity in the style.More pith and pine than citrus in flavor. Points for distinction. M: Very light body but resinous and sticky on the mouth. Good carb tingle. O: Overall I think this may be rated so highly for distinction rather than actual deliciousness. Even so, I agree that it earns points for standing out among its peers. Tastes quite good but the malt makes it a powerhouse as the citra is the lone hop. Citra is well showcased. On a side note, I’ve seen others comment and I agree that the GF labels need work. Looks more like some automotive product (octane booster?) however I digress. Very good SIPA, the shit is expensive though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Bold golden pour with striking clarity, lots of bubbles and topped with a thick foamy white head. Dank floral and citrus hop aroma with lighter tropical fruit notes. Seems like pineapple in there… very fruity and sweet. Hoppy, lightly sweet with a pleasant bitterness. Nice use of the Maris Otter. Finishes dry with a lingering bitterness. Nice session IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
13th September 2015
Bright clear gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry, fine carbonation. Minerals. Light malts. Mild floralness. Mild orange peel, trace of fresh juice. Lightly bitter finish. Not the Citra delivery system I was hoping for.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, best before February 2016, drunk 9/6/15.
Large white head is frothy and diminishes steadily to cover, topping a clear golden body with plentiful carbonation.
Citra in the nose shows the usual citrus melange with a bit of floral notes, some perfume and light grassiness. Malts are well-attenuated adding honey and light vanilla. The vienna malt dosent really come through, perhaps adding just a hint of caramel. No alcohol and clean, with no stale hop issues.
Quite hoppy in the flavor but as with the top notch session IPAs, the bitterness is held mostly in check. Some acidity does build up (a touch of pine and strong grapefruit) on the end. Malts are sparse, dry but not overly grainy or overattenuated. Plentiful carbonation is a bit aggressive/peppery but the flavors are on point, leaving orange blossom honey, lemon zest and light pine on the finish, lingering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Best by 01/13/16. Sounds pretty fresh for me for a session IPA starting with an ABV of 4.5.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy to semi-transparent transparent golden color with a slim finger’s worth of white foaminess that quickly dissipated barely leaving any lacing.
The smell started off with a sharp citrus somewhat bitter with an underlying sweet to bitter pine to blend.
The taste was moderately bitter with an underscore of bitter piney-ness. There’s a lingering bitter piney aftertaste leading into a slight dry sweet citrus finish. Different, but nice.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light allowing a nice harsh bitterness to pound my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good session IPA that I would have again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ Cellar 3. Aroma has fruit candy and some tropical fruits. Flavour has biscuity malt, cereal, some citrus, mild menthol and grassy hops. Somewhat refreshing.