State Machine - DDH Citra
Spyglass Brewing Company

Can into IPA Glass (Canned na)

Look: Hazy orange-yellow, poring a creamy, 1.5 finger head which slowly dissipated into a nice cap, and has good lacing
Smell: Herbal hops, juicy citrus, tropical. Some bready malt. Hay and stone fruit
Taste: Juicy tropical citrus. Lemony and orange. Stone fruit like peach and apricot. Some bready malt in there but its very faint. This evolves into a a herbal and touch piney hops, but still carrying the citrus. Light bitterness. The finish draws down the hops and citrus, leading way to a light touch of hay and more malt before that too fades out.
Feel: Medium-light bodied, gentle carbonation, smooth texture. Touch of a cloying aftertaste
Overall: Amazing brew, absolute juice bomb

 

 

Compared with Spyglass Citra Singularity, this beer is a lot more hoppy obviously, but the flavors come through unlike with some DDH IPAs.

A lighter body, sweeter, with very pronounced citrus. Easy drinking, less complexity than the Singularity.
I’m glad I discovered this brewery, I really enjoy their approach to IPA brewing.

Super murky straw brew, nice white head with decent lacing. Boy - it is cloudy.

As much as this one looks like a hop bomb, the aromas did not quite fit. Yes - citrus - orange peel I suppose. But also a medicinal, cough syrup scent.

Yeah- juice bomb - starts cracker malt, then hits hard with pineapple, mango, guava. There is a malty backbone with noticeable alcohol. And mouthfeel with light carbonation keeps the brew from going off the rails. The finish was long but pleasantly bitter and sweet. After half a tall can, sugar tackiness seemed to linger longer and longer on the aftertaste.

Citra is nice. This one may have tipped into a bit too much of a god thing. But enough interesting ingredients well crafted to give a thumbs up and a probable return when a citra craving comes a knocking.

Can dated 5/6/24 into pint glass. Pours a murky light gold color with a substantial off-white head. Great lacing. Initial impression is grapefruit rind, pineapple, and just a touch of pine. Mouthfeel is soft, smooth and refrehing. Finish fades to slight dankness. Quite enjoyable.

Served on tap in a pint glass
Appearance – The beer is served a super hazy amber-yellow color with a small head of dense white foam. The head has a decent level of retention, fading slowly over time to leave a decent sum of streaky lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – Thea aroma is heavy of a tropical fruit smell of tangerine, pineapple, and mango, mixed with a bit of white bread aroma and notes of a grapefruit and light herbal hop. There are other smells of apricot and some light notes of yeast and hay. Rounding it all out are some other sweet smells of candy and a bit of wheat and grain.
Taste – The taste begins with a sweet bready and malty flavor of white bread and biscuit, mixed with some big sweet flavors of tangerine, pineapple, peach, and apricot. There is also some citrus hop of a grapefruit nature and notes of a light lemon. As the taste advances the sweetness seems to amp up, all while the malt lowers. The hop gets a bit more intense, as well as the citrus hop, the taste is joined by some herbal and pine notes, leaving one with a malty and sweet taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is thick and chewy with a light carbonation level. For the style and the tastes, the feel is pretty decent, making for an easy sipper.
Overall – A pretty decent sweeter NEIPA. Would do again, and one to try if you have a chance.

 

 

 

Impressive three-finger head which settles slowly in chunky rocks. Eventually it forms a long-lasting foam dome. The glass features inconsistent webbing and 3D spotting. Later, there's impressive chunky ring laces showing up after each sip. The liquid is a muddy amber--nearly brown.

Muddy, earthy smell. Some evergreen and citrus rind. There's some cardboard and fresh mowed grass in the background.

The brew is a bit thin, almost watery, but the lower carbonation partially makes up for this. The taste is unusual to me with the malt tasting dirty, as in muddy. Part of this is the quick appearance of the hop flavors, but mostly it reminds me of the cardboard I smelled. The hop is more straight forward culminating in the swallow, but the swallow brings back the unpleasant taste at the beginning. For me, after a promising start, this is a clear miss.

 

I am trying this beer off the tapper at the brewery as part of a five sample flight. It poured a hazy golden with white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had mild dank fruit notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink bright malt base with great citrus presence. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a great beer.