Citra + Nectaron
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

 

Canned

Appearance: Pours a completely cloudy (5% clarity) medium to pale orange/yellow color with a strong white head. SRM of 6-7. (4.00)

Aroma: Aromas of orange, smoothing creamy peach, with a smooth, pineapple and mango note underneath. (4.00)

Flavor: Flavors follow with more creamy, orange, smooth, peach, some tropical, pineapple, mangoes, and berries balance underneath. Finishes with a creamy, smooth, peach flavor. (4.25)

Feel: Medium to heavier body, appropriate, carbonation, finishes, creamy, and smooth. (4.25)

Compared to Other Half Citra + Galaxy 3/26: Pours identical. Stronger aromas. More orange creamsicle, peach, berries. Less pineapple and OJ. Smoother. Winner: Citra + Nectaron

Compared to Other Half Nectar Diamonds 3/26: Pours identical, stronger aromas. Less grapefruit, passionfruit, white and earth peach, dank greens. More orange creamsicle, peach, mango and smooth malts. Winner: Citra + Nectaron

Overall: Lots of peach and orange creamsicle upfront like I'd expect. Some pineapple and tropical berries to support. Complex, tropical, and incredibly soft and smooth. Amazing IPA. (Rating: 4.18)

 

Might be my favorite IPA yet.
Loads of grapefruit. Not too hoppy.
Had it on the beach while shark fishing and it was the perfect balance of pungent and refreshing.

 

 

 

6 oz draft pour at Lures Bar & Grille in Crownsville, MD. Appearance is a hazy yellow/orange color with a moderate head. Aroma and flavor offer dank tropical fruit, sweet citrus (mostly orange), and a solid malt base. Mouthfeel is smooth and slightly sticky. Overall a wonderfully flavorful and complex NEIPA.

This is a big old glass of dank juice. It’s got a lot of citrus to it, but there’s also passion fruit, peach, and pineapple, like the description says. Easy sipper, almost light bodied, and refreshing. Enjoyable.

 

 

 

Pours a beautiful bright solid gold column
Mouth-watering smell leaps out the glass, familiar grapefruit base of citra carrying an extra bit of sweetness
Tastes like a perfect combination of grapefruit and pineapple, with hints of mango.
Feel is medium-bodied, slightly cloying.
canned 10/27

From a 16oz can, dated 10/27/23. Served in a cervoise.

Pours a hazy pale orange-gold with a finger of foam. Retention is unremarkable but leaves a thick sudsy curtain of lacing.

Aroma is sharp, sweet and candy-like. Smells like a roll of LifeSavers with a bright minty-grassy note thrown in to boot.

Taste is juicy-sweet and candy-like with vanishingly low bitterness. Sticky and jammy. Tasting cloyingly sweet, overripe juicy peach, orange slices, pineapple juice and grapefruit juice. Still picking up a distinct minty quality which I’m at a loss to attribute to either the Nectaron or the Citra. Mildly sour aftertaste.

Feel is sticky-juicy, medium bodied with fine, bright carbonation. There’s a slightly sour, boozy warmth in the gullet.

Overall, decent enough but a little sickly-sweet to my tastes. Not tempted to open another right now. Next stop, medicine cabinet for a Tums.

 

 

Passionfruit, "green" and sticky pine on the nose. Some marmalade notes as well. Taste is a bit more tropical and pungent. Feel is soft but with an appropriate amount of carbonation. Overall, I liked this one more than other OHs.

 

Pours a light hazy golden color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has generous tropical and citrus hints
The taste follows the nose with a well balanced tropical and citrus flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A great IIPA

Pours a medium straw color, densely hazy, appropriate fluffy head. Sharp citrus aroma mixes with light guava and passionfruit. Lemony. Sweet and zippy, has a light lemon citrus bite, I get the passionfruit towards the finish with a touch of guava. Carbonation is on point. Overall a very tasty DIPA. Would buy again.

5/16/23
16 oz can dated 4/25/23 (Wegman’s)
4.25 rating