Head Banger - Citra, Mosaic & Strata
Strathcona Beer Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.35
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This Triple India Pale is double dry hopped with Citra, Mosaic and Strata with a base of pilsner malt, flaked wheat and golden oats.
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A hazed golden DIPA with a thin lacing white. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, tropical fruit, alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at brewery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16oz (thx, Alex!) @ home. Appearance: a bit hazy golden with a huge white head. Aroma: tropical fruits with elegant booze notes. Taste: along the same lines, malty, moderately sweet with a thick mouthfeel. Overall: good one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
2020-08-28, can from The Gull, North Vancouver, packaged 05/29, 3 months ago, 7-4-8-4-15=38
It's now sweeter, more candy like, but the hop is still quite fruity; it doesn't have the punch that it had when fresh, but it's still a beer that I can drink easily.
2020-06-06, can from Firefly, Vancouver, 9-4-9-4-18=44
Cloudy blond colour with an orange shade, small persistent head. The aroma is an explosion of fruity hops; there's some tropical fruit, pungent, followed by mellow citrus, and ripe white grapes. The mouthfeel is almost ethereal, moderately sweet; the malt base is crackery, the malt flavour is present but with no detriment for the hops; the hop quality is immediately present, a tornado of fruits, white grapes in the front, tropical fruits, then caramelized pineapple, and finally a delicate biscuity note. Balanced and dangerously drinkable.
Wonderful.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pale, just a bit of haze, thin head. Aroma is all sorts of cannabis, allium and overripe fruit. Probably a bit over the top on the allium for me, though. On the palate, lots of alcohol up front, moderate bitterness, quite sweet, with gluey sticky malts. Vague papaya and baked leeks and bong water - same elements as on the nose but muddled with the harsh alcohol. It's not bad, as TIPA goes, messy as usual for the style, but it's not mesmerizing me either.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
473mL can, pours a cloudy peachy golden with a medium white head. Aroma bursts of lovely piney and resinous hops upfront, with a touch of floral character, and a chewy, dry caramel malt. Flavour does not disappoint, with rich piney and resinous hops, medium sweet caramel malt, and barely a tinge of alcohol. Those beautiful hops are really quite something. This series continues to impress. Fantastic stuff.