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Guayabera Citra Pale Ale
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #171 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,823 - Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 7.88%
- Reviews:
- 281
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 10, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 07, 2014
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 198
Traditional throughout Latin America, the guayabera shirt combines style, functionality, form and tradition in it’s four-pocketed design. We at Cigar City feel the same reverence and appreciation for the guayabera that we do for the Citra hop varietal, an ingredient that imparts notes of tangerine, lime and berries to this traditional American Pale Ale. The exclusive use of Citra hops in this beer creates a flavor that’s at once unique and recognizable, while it’s dry, crisp character and moderate alcohol make it as refreshing and functional as a crisp linen guayabera.
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Ratings by benjaminsa:
Rated by benjaminsa from Vermont
3.66/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Aug 27, 2022
3.66/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Aug 27, 2022
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
3.93/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours orange yellow with a small white head. Smells of citrus hops with sweet grain. Tastes of citrus hops with sweet grain. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.
Mar 10, 2024Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.85/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Can: Poured a light hazy pale yellow color ale with a pure white foamy head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of dry citrusy hops notes with light floral hops undertones. Taste is also a mix of floral hops undertones with some citrusy notes and a slight bitter finish. Body is light with good carbonation. Drinkable pale ale with a nice touch of Citra hops.
Dec 31, 2023Reviewed by MadMadMike from France
4.1/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Fresh cold 12 ounce can poured into a nonic glass.
Lightly hazed golden-orange brew with a full finger of white foam.
Aroma of orange, lime, grapefruit and mild pine.
Taste is Florida citrus with a hint of berries, good malt balance, slight bitterness. Crisp dry finish. No alcohol zip.
Mouth is lightly medium body and medium to high carbonation.
Overall, CCB takes a single Citra hop and develops a Floridized version of a familiar west coast staple with great success. Great all day beach beer.,,
Jun 04, 2023Lightly hazed golden-orange brew with a full finger of white foam.
Aroma of orange, lime, grapefruit and mild pine.
Taste is Florida citrus with a hint of berries, good malt balance, slight bitterness. Crisp dry finish. No alcohol zip.
Mouth is lightly medium body and medium to high carbonation.
Overall, CCB takes a single Citra hop and develops a Floridized version of a familiar west coast staple with great success. Great all day beach beer.,,
Reviewed by indieg from Florida
4.49/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.49/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
This is a nice light bodied easy drinking ale. The fact that it is hopped with Citra is a bonus! My go-to pale ale since Cigar City discontinued Invasion Pale Ale. If your benchmark for Citra pale ale is Zombie Dust, you need to give this beer a try.
Apr 27, 2023Reviewed by NorsemanOne from Utah
3.53/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Surprise from my MIL, now I know why. Canned 8.9.21
Poured into a nonic at fridge temp
Pours golden orange with a fair 2 finger eggshell head. 4
Hops and almost sickly sweet tropical aroma. 3.5
Taste isn't bad for it's age, but not great as well. Hops, bitterness without any of the citrus, lime or berries as advertised on the can. 3.5
Body is lighter, resinous and pretty light carbo. 3.5
Overall I need to try this fresher to give it an accurate rating and review 3.5
Apr 19, 2023Poured into a nonic at fridge temp
Pours golden orange with a fair 2 finger eggshell head. 4
Hops and almost sickly sweet tropical aroma. 3.5
Taste isn't bad for it's age, but not great as well. Hops, bitterness without any of the citrus, lime or berries as advertised on the can. 3.5
Body is lighter, resinous and pretty light carbo. 3.5
Overall I need to try this fresher to give it an accurate rating and review 3.5
Reviewed by DrOfGolf from Delaware
4.21/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Great aroma upon opening of citric and floral hops. A smooth crisp finish and the beer has a great balance of hops and a caramel malt. I usually don't drink this type of beer, but I think it's probably going to change, especially during the warm, hot weather. Good one to relax with after work or play in the summer.
Jun 17, 2022Reviewed by whitro17 from Florida
4.01/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Look is slightly hazy gold & has nice Citra smell to it. Starts off with an astringent zing followed by berries and a lime finish. Nice Citra hop aftertaste that lingers. This is tasty pale ale that goes down easy at 5.5%.
May 30, 2022Reviewed by papposilenus from New Hampshire
4.03/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.03/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From a 12oz can, dated 12/30/21. Served in an IPA glass.
Pours a lightly hazed caramel-gold with two fingers of pouffy, cream-colored foam. Retention is excellent, leaving sticky wads of lacing.
Nose is malty, yeasty, moderately robust. Aromas of bread crust and berries.
Taste is sharp and crackery. Tart and citrusy up front, tasting grapefruit peel and orange pith, with a flowery, blueberry-like character on the back end. Balance tips more toward hoppy but still relatively low bitterness for all that it’s 50 IBUs.
Feel is crisp, medium bodied and brightly carbonated. Super-easy drinking.
Overall, a tasty little APA or ‘Citra Pale Ale.’ The can description promises ‘notes of tangerine, lime and berries’ and, while I don’t associate berry with Citra, that’s pretty much spot on. I wish I could have tried a fresher can but frankly it was pretty damn tasty two and a half months out.
Mar 10, 2022Pours a lightly hazed caramel-gold with two fingers of pouffy, cream-colored foam. Retention is excellent, leaving sticky wads of lacing.
Nose is malty, yeasty, moderately robust. Aromas of bread crust and berries.
Taste is sharp and crackery. Tart and citrusy up front, tasting grapefruit peel and orange pith, with a flowery, blueberry-like character on the back end. Balance tips more toward hoppy but still relatively low bitterness for all that it’s 50 IBUs.
Feel is crisp, medium bodied and brightly carbonated. Super-easy drinking.
Overall, a tasty little APA or ‘Citra Pale Ale.’ The can description promises ‘notes of tangerine, lime and berries’ and, while I don’t associate berry with Citra, that’s pretty much spot on. I wish I could have tried a fresher can but frankly it was pretty damn tasty two and a half months out.
Guayabera Citra Pale Ale from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
1088 ratings
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