Untamed Range - Raiona Citra IPA
Red Cat Brewing in Winchester, Hampshire, England 🏴
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Score
6.88
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Raiona (the Maori word for lion) is all about the hops. It's massively hopped with Citra both late in the copper and again in the fermenter, giving a beer packed with aromas of tropical fruit, lime and mango. It's a truly powerful modern IPA, yet deliciously easy drinking for a 6% beer.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ [ EBF27 2017 ], 27th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Red Cat Raiona ].Clear medium orange amber colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, tropical fruit, zesty. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration, tropical fruit, sweet malt, pale malt, lime - mango. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170803] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jan 2018
at 08:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from debris. Hazy deep amber colour with a thick oily white head. Aroma citrus, and pine, with slight herb. Taste light bittersweet to mid bitter. Full body
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2018
at 14:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask. Hants Oktoberfest. Resin and malt aroma. Chestnutm Bubbly fluffy white head. Gets to medium bitter with a malty core. Medium bodied. On the the thin side. Average carb. Abrupt finish. More ESB than IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2017
at 15:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ 27th Egham Beer Festival 2017. A clear deep amber beer with a huge most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of nutty hops, caramel, red malt, spruce. Taste of caramelish malt, citrusy bitter hops, spruce, nice.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2017
at 13:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (Queen Inn, Winchester) - Light copper in colour. Peach, lychees and caramel in the aroma. Hoppy and fruity taste with grapefruit, raisins, grapefruit and caramel detected.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jul 2017
at 06:27