Citra Blanc
August Schell Brewing Company

 

 

Sweet hoppy initial taste. This is refreshing after a fairly awful India Pale Lager I had earlier. Gets more bitter further in. The sweetness is promising, but I'm not sure about this one. From a taster. 2018/11/25

Hard to believe I've been killing this as much as I have without reviewing such a nice beer. I hope the sales stay up enough that they can continue to brew this regularly.
Starts with a pleasing aroma with mixed fruit with an emphasis on sweet grapefruit and other citrus. White head over a largely cloudy amber of gold/orange body.
Hop forward lager that is as clean as all get out finishing with a lingering bitterness and tartness that is not off putting. The base is a clean malt lager with soft malt character. But it's a hop fest overall and even though it's a lager it's best with a little warmth as it softens the intensity of the bitterness and brings on less astringent hop flavors. Fully carbonated like a lager yet is not to thin leaving a heavier smooth lager quality. Plus big enough for a touch of gut warmth on an empty gut.
Just a nice all around beer. Well done.

 

 

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 6/28/2018. Gusher can upon opening. Pours fairly hazy deep golden amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with amazing retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, white grape/wine, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Very clean lager flavors, no yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.7%. Overall this is a delicious IPL. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Great Citra/Hallertau Blanc profile. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; nice bready pale malt backbone, with no residual sweetness from dryness. A really enjoyable offering, impressive, and well made style example.

 

This is some seriously good stuff! Big pop of grapefruit aroma upon opening the can. Poured cold from a pounder into a fluted glass, the grapefruit keeps coming. Clear amber color, with a thick and spongy long-lasting white head that leaves a ton of sticky lacing. Solid malt backbone, with aromas and flavors of grapefruit juice, grapefruit zest, and bready malt, with a floral overtone. Exquisitely bitter, exquisitely dry. I could see this as a fine "session APL," were it not for the virtually undetectable 6.7% ABV. If you like Citra hops, you'll love this one. Well done!

 

Strong citrus aroma, grapefruit and orange. Hazy golden pale yellow, very tall, thick, substantial head that recedes very slowly, leaving thick, but stringy lacing. Thick and smooth mouth feel. Taste is, as the aroma, strong citrus, predominately orange. Slightly sweet, but with a nice hop bite, not bitterness really (until the aftertaste), but plenty of citrus bite. Absolutely wonderful; I'm afraid my words don't quite convey how good this beer is! Refreshing and a wonderful beer for summer.

Got a great deal on a 4 pack and this stuff is very tasty. Lots of grapefruit, citrus and orange peel. Almost has an IPA bite to it. Golden color with a ton of head. Quite the enjoyable summer beer and surprising from Schell. I could drink this all day... that's actually a good idea. If u like Deschutes fresh squeezed IPA you'll love this.

 

This beer pours a nice golden color. It is fairly clear. The head is crazy on this beer when poured from the can. 4 finger, frothy as heck. Great retention, and there's some lacing as the head dissipates.
The nose is really full with citrus aromas. It smells orange to me.
Taste - The hops come alive up front, and do not let go. Citrus tasting. Orange, pineapple, grapefruit. The hop taste does linger.
The hops do linger for a long time in my throat, and the feeling doesn't let go. It also has a nice body.
Solid beer from August Schell Brewing. Really delicious.

 

Clean and bright IPA-subtype that doesn't sacrifice complexity for bitterness. Perfect in a chilled glass.

- Starts out bright and grapefruit.

-Transitions to dandelion and musty bread. A little baking soda in the background.

- finishes piney and classic IPA.

Mouthfeel is well-carbonated without being abrasive.

Pretty sneaky at 6.7%. Also, the can is beautiful.

Nice citrus in the smell. Light mouth feel with nice citrus taste. The 6.7 ABV is not evident until it sneeks up on you. This is a very easy drinking beer if you like IPAs. I liked this one a lot.

Looks good.
Smells good.
Feels good.

Pours a nice honey gold with a head that is simply massive. The head won't quit. It's like, 5 inches tall. Takes a long time to recede. Leaves broken destructive lacing on the glass as it recedes slowly.

Aroma both of citrus hops and effervescent club soda, coming off both grainy/lager-y and hoppy. Deeper whiffs involve orange and peach, with pink urinal cake.

Flavor is quite hoppy and bitter, but thins out a bit to give room for the clean malts and lagering. Starts with lime and grapefruit rinds, onto cracker, pilsner malt, hop resin, orange peels, and more hop oils. Hop oils cling ferociously.

Feel is crisp and clean, then unflinchingly resinous.

Overall, it's not quite a lager and not quite an IPA, but it's pretty delicious. Nowhere near as good as Arminius (Schell, let's get that back into rotation), but it's worth drinking. Really solid citrus and pine notes, the resins and perceived bitterness are a touch too much for me though. Still a nice beer to be had.