Sur Citra
To Øl

Sur CitraSur Citra
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From:
To Øl
 
Denmark
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #413
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
92
Ranked #5,363
Avg:
4.13 | pDev: 6.3%
Reviews:
52
Ratings:
182
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 09, 2022
Added:
Jun 09, 2015
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  23
Sour Mashed Pale Ale
Malts: Pilsner, Melanoidin, Cara Crystal, Unmalted Wheat
Hops: Citra

Ever had a pale ale and thought “this is great, but I wonder if it could be a bit tart?” Well now you can have it. Continuing our experimental “Sur” series of beers, we present to you a Single Hopped American Pale Ale, using Citra, with a soured mash to bring a tart, refreshing drink to your lips.
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Ratings by bnes09:
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Reviewed by bnes09 from Illinois

4.44/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Translucent lemon orange color with plenty of white foam. Wonderfully fresh citrus hop aroma. Lemon hop flavor, bitter and sour at the same time. Funky Brett. Medium body. Bone dry feel. Very well balanced.
Oct 31, 2015
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.64/5  rDev -11.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330 ml bottle, from the Norwegian importer. ABV is 5.5%. Strong aroma of various citrus fruits. Hazy golden to orange colour, moderate white head. Medium sour flavour of citrus fruits and lactic acid, some bitterness in the finish, becomes very distinct and medicinal in the aftertaste. .
May 09, 2022
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Reviewed by misteil from Ireland

4.27/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
a damn tasty sour beer, a tonne of lemon, nice moderate sourness, some bready malt, some pine, floral, rhubarb, orange, nicely tart, lovely dense haze, amber colour, light bodied, very drinkable, perfect balance or sour and hop flavour, yummy
Mar 20, 2021
 
Rated: 3.98 by Dazka from Italy

Jun 05, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by rare_bird from Michigan

Dec 03, 2019
 
Rated: 3.96 by samEBC from Belgium

Aug 14, 2019
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Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio

3.93/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
1PT 0.9 FL. OZ. can
Served in a wine glass
Stamped 15/03/17 which must be "best by" date because I purchased it in 2016

This beer pours amber with burnt orange highlights. It has a slight haze. It is topped with a few inches of tan head that leaves decent lacing.

It has a sour grapefruit aroma.

The taste is ruby red grapefruit. It is tart with a little funk.

Medium to light bodied with a semi dry finish

This is a good beer, but it would have probably been great had I drank it in a timely manner.
Aug 04, 2019
 
Rated: 3.92 by desint from Belgium

Jan 17, 2019
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.78/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
500ml can - a 'dryhopped sour pale ale', obviously with the Citra varietal.

This beer pours a slightly hazy, pale golden yellow colour, with a teeming tower of puffy, rocky, and chunky off-white head, which leaves some stellar honeycombed lace around the glass as it lazily recedes.

It smells of tart orange juice, gritty and grainy cereal malt, some estery yeasty notes, a subtle stoney flintiness, and some plain leafy, weedy, and piney green hop bitters. The taste is grainy and crackery pale malt, some indistinct sour fruitiness, a damp minerality, and more earthy, musty, and musky floral hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its palate-satiating frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and mostly smooth, with a touch of citrus acridity maybe taking things down a notch or so at this particular juncture. It finishes trending dry, the sour frooty essences predominating.

Overall - this comes across as a pleasant enough rendition of a tarted-up IPA, with the sour and hoppy characters playing all nice and cuddly with each other. Crisp, and easy to put back, with lots of flavour to keep all sides of the spectrum grinning like idiots, I suppose.
Jan 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4.31 by maxarvo from England

Nov 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.98 by Trovezine from Oregon

Aug 27, 2018
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain

4/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From Degustasur. In Teku glass. Playing Avernum 4. Strong acidness, accentuated by the fresh citrusyness of the citra hops, which also helps in making still easily affordable
Aug 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.09 by NolaHopHead from Louisiana

Jul 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.8 by probert from New York

Jun 02, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Mar 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.15 by emincems from Turkey

Mar 19, 2018
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Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut

4.16/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours almost perfectly opaque and deep orange with peach hues. Prodigious head production, easily resulting in 3+ fingers of snow white fluffy head. Retention is very good, and lacing is outstanding.

Slightly tart and sour on the nose, but it's mostly smooth and restrained. Citra dry hopping is quite evident in huge fruity tones laced with a moderate dankness. Nice, slightly musty herbal note.

Smooth on the palate. It starts slightly sour and very juicy. By mid palate, it's almost a banana smoothie. The finish brings back some of the sourness, as well as a slight mustiness. Very tasty and unique.

Lively and drinkable.
Mar 17, 2018
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Rated by Best_Enjoyed_In_Texas from Texas

4.04/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Heavy carbonation.
Jan 07, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by jcb7472 from Florida

Jan 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4.01 by DougT from Ohio

Oct 26, 2017
Sur Citra from To Øl
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 182 ratings