Galactica: Socal Citra

Pours a dark gold/light amber with small white top. Pineapple chunks, pine, citrus on the nose. Taste of citrus, grapefruit, pine, light dankness, bread - somewhat old skool but a touch more fruity and I like the bitterness combining with some hop spice. Medium bodied, slick, fine carbonation

Lemon and pineapple. Pours golden amber with a big head. Quite bitter. Some tree sap, pine bark. A little odd. Comes off more like a red IPA. Bitter, almost astringent end. Don't love this one. Can.

Sampled from the tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has earthy and dank citrus with grass and bread supporting. Flavor has earthy and bitter citrus with a bit of pine and some grass underlying.

Can from Beermerchants; clear light copper pour with a bubbly off white head, aroma has pine and sweet malts, taste has smooth mango, pine, grapefruit, tingling bitter to finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Galactica SoCal Citra on 08 Sep 2023 at 18:57 - Score: 7

I mostly like what Clown Shoes does with imperial stouts, less so with IPAs. So now I have this one to try after picking up a pint can at Mr. T's across town about a week ago. I put my Buffalo Bayou snifter in place to receive the pour. I see a semi-clear, medium gold body with a top of starch white of foam that mostly settles. The smell is all right in the style, pine, citrus and perhaps a bit of grain. The taste is also all right, pretty much in line with what IPAs used to be like. Hoppy without being a bomb, white bread, slightly dank, grass, citrus and the barest touch of sweetness. Not much to distinguish this one from many others but at least it is not deluged with orange taste.