Citra Session
Common Roots Brewing Company

 

 

Very good drinkable IPA

 

 

 

 

 

smells kinda orange, notes of lychee, medium body and crisp on the palate

 

 

A: The beer is very hazy to cloudy pale yellow in color. It poured with a finger high white head that left a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light aromas of lime and lychee are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has moderate flavors of lime with nots of lychee. Little to if any bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels nearly medium-bodied, rather juicy, and a bit crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I found this IPA to be quite flavorful for a beer that is both sessionable and brewed with just a single hop.

Serving type: can

Canned on 6/17/20, consumed on 7/2/20.

A: Poured from the can into a tulip glass. Body is hazy yellow-orange with a half-finger of white head on top. Looks more like a full-fledged NEIPA than a Session IPA.

S: It also smells bigger than a Session IPA - good nose of citrus (oranges), soft ripe peaches, and a hint of tropical fruit (think ripe melon).

T: Pretty much follows the nose, with oranges, peaches/apricot and tropical fruit - papaya, melon - followed by a modest bite of lemony bitterness, resulting in a pretty clean, crisp finish. Some lingering sweet tropical fruit on the palate in the aftertaste. . . .

M: For a session IPA, this beer has a good amount of "heft" to it - it's more like a "New England Session IPA," with some juicy haze than a typical Session IPA. Carbonation is modest - it's there, but very fine.

O: This is a really, really good Session IPA. If they put this in 12 oz cans and sold it in 12 or 15 packs, I would buy this all the time - I'm always stumped on which Session IPA to buy for summer gatherings, and usually lean towards Oskar Blues' Pinner or Two Roads' Lil Heaven. This is better than both of them, hands down.