NW DIPA Citra
Cloudwater Brew Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 oz. can. Hazy orange body. Smells of bright orange and a bit of garlic. Some pale malt sweetness. Tastes exactly like it smells. Orange, sweet pale malt, some garlic in the back. Light bitterness and some faint toasty malt and alcohol. Medium heavy. It's tasty right up front, but it's sweet with no balancing bitterness. Yeah, the hop flavor is nice, but I guess I'm looking for a more reasonable beer.

 

 

Can from Hop Burns & Black. Colour is like fruit juice. Opaque, cloudy, orange amber juice, with a medium dirty white foam head. Nose is huge citrus rind, grapefruit, then tropical fruit mango, chalky minerals, huge pine, slight nylon hop alpha acid takeover. Body is fruit juice, thick and luscious. Taste is mango, pine, grapefruit rind, minerals, maybe bit of lime and lemon, earthy. Think I like this more than the others...

 

 

 

 

A 440ml can, canned on 27th April 2017 and with a best before date of end of June 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.

Appearance: A cloudy, mango juice dark orange colour with a thin white head and sparse lacing.

Aroma: Tropical mango and papaya followed by citrusy orange and orange rind with a hint of grapefruit and pineapple.

Taste: Juicy mango, pineapple and orange with light bitterness, dankness and a lingering tingly spice on the finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall: A very nice DIPA from Cloudwater that is both juicy and intense.