Criterium Ale (2012)
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.67 | pDev: 11.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 22
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 22, 2015
- Added:
- Feb 17, 2012
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
Criterium Ale is a beer that we plan to change every year for the Cigar City Brewing Criterium & Street Festival. This year's Criterium Ale is an American wheat ale with bitter curacao peel added.
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.25/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From tasting notes. Appearance: Pours hazy peach tinted gold under a 3” off white foam cap that persists and produces thick lace. Smell: fruit and bitter with light malt aromas.Taste: Starts fruity and malty – peach and orange – and finishes with a complex bitterness featuring citrus rind. Mouthfeel: Very creamy ut light with a medium light body and above average carbonation.
Mar 22, 2015
Reviewed by uturn from Florida
3.79/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
750ml capped bottle poured into a Franziskaner weizen glass.
Tasted on: February 18, 2013
Notes: Wheat Ale Brewed With Bitter Curacao Peel. Bottled on January 30, 2012. So please note and take into account that I am drinking and reviewing this beer which is now past its prime
A: This beer poured a clear golden color with a large 3 finger billowing head and left an nice thick lacing on the glass.
N: The nose was very light with hints of bready yeast and orange zest.
T: The taste started off with a light sweet wheat bready taste then quickly bites you with some bitterness from the hops and orange zest. This beer had a medium long finish which was moderately strong leaning towards the dry bitter side.
M: The body was crisp with a light to medium body with a moderate level of lively carbonation.
O: Overall the drinkability was good, but I wish I drank this brew 9 months ago.
Jul 02, 2013Tasted on: February 18, 2013
Notes: Wheat Ale Brewed With Bitter Curacao Peel. Bottled on January 30, 2012. So please note and take into account that I am drinking and reviewing this beer which is now past its prime
A: This beer poured a clear golden color with a large 3 finger billowing head and left an nice thick lacing on the glass.
N: The nose was very light with hints of bready yeast and orange zest.
T: The taste started off with a light sweet wheat bready taste then quickly bites you with some bitterness from the hops and orange zest. This beer had a medium long finish which was moderately strong leaning towards the dry bitter side.
M: The body was crisp with a light to medium body with a moderate level of lively carbonation.
O: Overall the drinkability was good, but I wish I drank this brew 9 months ago.
Reviewed by KickInTheChalice from Illinois
3.6/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
From notes. Poured from a 750 mL bottle into a tulip.
My pour is a golden orange color, slightly hazy, with a gentle white froth that leaves a bit of lace down the glass.
The wheat and grains in the aroma are cut by the bitter curacao and mellowed with a bit of fruity orange zest.
There is definitely a bitterness here that I do not usually get out of wheat beers. It starts out with a basic wheat flavor, with the usual associated sweetness enhanced by a nice orangey zest. The bitterness that comes in has a grassy character to it, and there is a pithy citrus rind flavor at the end.
The curacao peel definitely adds a bit of flavor in an interesting way, and it also adds some oiliness to the mouthfeel. The carbonation is mellow and smooth.
Overall this is a nice beer, one that I could consume in quantity if handed to me.
Jul 02, 2013My pour is a golden orange color, slightly hazy, with a gentle white froth that leaves a bit of lace down the glass.
The wheat and grains in the aroma are cut by the bitter curacao and mellowed with a bit of fruity orange zest.
There is definitely a bitterness here that I do not usually get out of wheat beers. It starts out with a basic wheat flavor, with the usual associated sweetness enhanced by a nice orangey zest. The bitterness that comes in has a grassy character to it, and there is a pithy citrus rind flavor at the end.
The curacao peel definitely adds a bit of flavor in an interesting way, and it also adds some oiliness to the mouthfeel. The carbonation is mellow and smooth.
Overall this is a nice beer, one that I could consume in quantity if handed to me.
Reviewed by bylerteck from Canada (ON)
3.67/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From the taps at Cigar City in Tampa. From notes.
A - Sem-hazy golden pour with a little sediment. One finger soapy white head. Good lace drapes and a film of retention.
S - Light aroma. Citrus and light sweet fruits.
T - Citrus, wheaty. Quite light again. Lemon. Sweet light fruits.
M - Good carbonation, light to medium body, clean spicy/citrussy finish.
O/D - Decent hoppy wheat here. Nothing new, but well executed and quite solid.
Apr 26, 2013A - Sem-hazy golden pour with a little sediment. One finger soapy white head. Good lace drapes and a film of retention.
S - Light aroma. Citrus and light sweet fruits.
T - Citrus, wheaty. Quite light again. Lemon. Sweet light fruits.
M - Good carbonation, light to medium body, clean spicy/citrussy finish.
O/D - Decent hoppy wheat here. Nothing new, but well executed and quite solid.
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