Citizen California Lager
Cismontane Brewing in Santa Ana, California, United States 🇺🇸
California Common / Steam Beer Regular|
Score
6.27
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The California Common almost disappeared after prohibition as did the term Cismontane. Our interpretation of this style is a golden warm fermented lager with sufficient hop aroma. As a brewer and citizen of Cismontane California it is our obligation to produce a fine California Common.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Appearance: Slightly hazy orange, fizzy. Some off-white head. Aroma: Light ripe fruits, floral, slight malt. Taste: Some malt, some sweetness. Some fruits. Dry end. Bought: Beergium, 500 ml, €4.54 Info: 27/10-2018, BB: ??/??-????
Tried
on 12 Nov 2018
at 15:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can at home from Freshfields in Croydon. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Aroma is grass, malt, peach and a little Sour note. Taste is butterscotch, toffee, malt and a little grass. Not too bad.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2017
at 15:44
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
On 23rd May 2016 I visited the Rancho Santa Margarita home of Cismontane Brewing and had a very pleasant flight of six beers, this beer being one of them. Misty old gold with a wispy white head. Halfway between a flavourless lager and a flavourless ale. I might be being unfair because of the five heavy hitters it sat with on my flight, but it just seemed bland and boring to me. Scored objectively.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2016
at 03:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - pours orange white head head - nose/taste of steamed malt, citrus, baked bread, orange peel - medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2016
at 18:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pour is a cloudy copper with a small white head. Aroma is a decent bready malt with some notes of caramel. Flavor is a thin malt with a little vegetal which is not horrible just kind of odd. Finish is super dry with a clean almost non-existent remnant of anything left behind after the swallow. This was fine, nothing off about the beer it was just a little thin all around.
Tried
on 14 May 2016
at 16:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 Oz bottle poured. Pours a bright orange color with almost no head. So these guys are from Rancho Santa Margarita. That even a real place? The answer is yes, I confirmed it on urban dictionary. Heavy yeast profile aroma. Flavor is light grassy, and big fruit. Easy drinking lager for sure. Pretty good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2015
at 17:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at the Fat Heads Tap Takeover at Kraft House No. 5 on 07/30/2015. Clear copper-orange color with a medium white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of grassy hops, fruit and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of herbal hops, bready malt and fruit. The finish is mildly bitter with a mildly hoppy aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2015
at 21:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - clear dark gold - fairly lovely, kicking up a significant lace - medium sweet, toasty malt in the nose, lightly grassy hops, light estery fruitiness - flavor is somewhat estery, medium sweet, moderate toastiness to the malt character - a bit of acidity late before a mild hop bitterness finishes - it’s okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2015
at 23:42
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. [ As Cismontane Citizen California Lager ].Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, sharp fruit, pale malt, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150117]
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2015
at 09:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Stateside, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out herbal notes, some grass, and biscuity malt. Flavour is clean, with notes of corn, biscuity malt, light fruity sweetness and herbal hops. Quite a decent smooth, sweet lager. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jan 2015
at 00:09