De Molen Single Hop Citra

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Deep golden color with a huge off white head. Great smell. Aroma is lots of citrus, tropical fruit and grass. Taste is citrus, moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration.

33cl bottle, bottled on Nov 27th 2012. Poured hazy amber with a thick white head. Intensely hoppy aroma, citrusy, floral, grassy with some weak rubbery notes. Flavor has citrus fruits, hop juice, same rubbery notes here as well. Nice bitter hoppy bite with floral notes continues long afterwards. Very tasty.

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; cloudy brown pour with thin white head, slightly spicy citrus hop aroma, citrus hop taste with a hint of spice caramel not massively the bitter.

Sample. Cloudy golden colour with a white head, with good lasting. Aroma is citrus hops, slightly floral notes. Flavor has a decent bitterness with good duration and dry final.

Bottle from Craven Arms, Birmingham. Alotdryeranworrathoughitwouldbelike. Nicemind,withahazyyellowcountenanceandafluffedpeak

At CBB’s IPA event. It was a nice hazy honey color with a thick creamy head. Amazingly the foam lasted till the beer was gone! The flavor started off sweet & citrusy which was then followed by an astringent bitterness. I like it more than Mikkeller’s Citra Single Hop as it has more body. Very nice.

Bottle. Pours cloudy dirty gold, frothy head. Beautiful nose of hops, caramel and citrus. Soft palate, but with strong enough flavours and lingering aftertaste. Really nicely done IPA.

UPDATED: APR 5, 2013 Nov 2012 - cold bottle. This is one of the best American-style IPAs I’ve had so far - probably the best. Mild, citrusy, a bit bitter and quite malty. Liking this one a lot. ***************************************** April 2013 - new batch bottled in Nov 2012. Lots of bubbles, 2cm head with good retention. Taste of caramel malts with typical citra flavours. Really nice balance with only a mild level of bitterness. It’s still my favourite IPA to date.

33cl bottle (bottled on Nov. 27th, 2012) picked up at the De Molen bottle shop pours with a clear light copper body and gold hues supporting a tall light tan head of foam that leaves behind sheet lacing. The aroma offers up orange peel, tart grapefruit and lime peel. The taste is similarly citrusy tartness with various tart peel notes mixed with slightly malt sweetened grapefruit and clementine. This is fully tart and bitter citrus with wafer thin layers of malty sweetness that surface about midway and into the finish to provide some balance. Nice IPA.

Draft @ brewpub. Cloudy blonde beer, white head. Faint aroma of citra, hops. Could have been better. Flavor is light citrus and very low body and carbo. Decent, but I’ve hoped for more.