Ras Soft Citra IPA
Omnipollo

 

 

Bottle poured into a BarrelHouse Brewing Co pint glass

A: Pours slightly hazy light golden yellow with a frothy off white head that settles to a light layer and leaves some nice lacing.

S: Tropical fruit, mango and passion fruit, citrus, orange and lemon, grassy/herbal notes, and light malt.

T: Citrus, lemon lime, tangerine, tropical fruit, mango, passion fruit, very slight herbal note, crackery malt, and light caramel sweetness.

M: Light to medium body, moderate carbonation.

O: This should be a lesson to all brewers trying to do a hop bomb IPA with a light malt backbone. This is how you do it and don't end up with just hop water. That little extra depth really helps showcase the hops. Great beer!

 

 

A 330m bottle with a best before date of 2nd November 2016 and poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.

Appearance: It poured a slightly hazy golden straw yellow colour with a one finger white head with decent retention and leaves nice lacing.

Aroma: Citra tropical with mango, peach and apricot with a hint of lychee. Every now and then I’m also getting some citrus fruits.

Taste: Like the aroma, tropical fruit is there but not as strong. There was also a hint of lemon and biscuit malt in the background.

Mouthfeel: Crisp, light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall: Great aromas and very nice and easy to drink. Would have preferred if the tropical taste was stronger though, considering the nose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L - Hazy yellow with a good white head

S - Vine Peach and orange and a bit of litchee

T - Vine peach, tea, orange

F - Crisp mouthfeel

O - A really good IPA. More on the taste than the bitterness. The unique hop (citra) is a quite interesting