The Many Moods of Citra
Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter!
This month we have a few things that we've been excited to share with you. The first of which, is our Single Hop Showcase - The Many Moods of Citra.
Our brewers have been hard at work crafting five beers: Table Beer, Pale Ale, India Pale Ale, Export India Porter and Biere de Saison. All of which are single hopped by Citra.
In creating this series we are able to see how Citra expresses itself over different styles, malt bases and yeast profiles.
The first four will be available on our Online Shop, the fifth, well, you'll need to come check out our Citra event this Thursday at The Kernel Spa Road.
First up is Table Beer - Citra 3%
Malt: Pale Marris Otter, Oats
Hops: Citra
Yeast: Cal Ale
It's pale golden in the glass. The aroma is fresh and green, vibrant and alive, with grassy hops and a garden of flowers lifted by citrus zest. The first sip is broad and rounded, turning quickly juicy with more citrus, then snapping into a crisp, mineral tang. Bitterness lands cleanly. The finish is short. Super refreshing.
Next, Pale Ale - Citra 5.3%
Malt: Pale Marris Otter
Hops: Citra
Yeast: Cal Ale
Aromas of melon, grapefruit, bright citrus, and passion fruit, with generous tropical notes. Think mango and papaya. The palate is rounder and fruit-forward: grapefruit and green grape leading into a gentle tropical warmth. A firm, cleansing bitterness tidies the finish.
Rounding out the hoppier styles is our India Pale Ale - Citra 6.9%
Malt: Pale Marris Otter
Hops: Citra
Yeast: Cal Ale
You can expect a burnished gold in the glass. The aroma blooms with sweet citrus; orange at the fore, wrapped in ripe guava, with wisps of marmalade. The palate is poised and gently juicy: grapefruit, more guava, and a surge of lime, almost lime cordial. Full-bodied, smooth, and round, it carries through with sweet lime before finishing on a pithy, cleansing bitterness.
Export India Porter - Citra 5.8% is beer number four.
Malt: Marris Otter, Chocolate, Crystal, Brown & Black
Hops: Citra
Yeast: Cal Ale
We’ve tempered the roast character of the original recipe with some chocolate and crystal malts, but the main difference is that this is hopped in the way we would hop our pale ales and IPAs with late kettle additions and dry hopping.
Citra is the pivot. Its punch of lime, grapefruit, and tropical zest cuts through the dark malts, lifting the beer from brooding to bright. The pour is deep brown, suggesting coffee and cocoa, yet the hops thread in lightness and fruit: think Turkish delight dusted in cocoa, rosewater, and a citrusy, guava-tinged shimmer from Citra’s oils.
On the palate, cacao and espresso meet juicy lime and grapefruit, with Citra’s high-impact aromatics keeping the mid-palate lively. The finish lands dry, roasty, and firmly bitter, the pithy snap of Citra tightening everything.
And finally, our keg only fifth beer is; Biere de Saison 4.8%
Malt: Marris Otter, Wheat, Oats
Hops: Citra
Yeast: House Mixed Culture
A Citra dry hopped version of our Biere de Saison. Fermented with our house mixed culture, developed over time through blending, experimentation, and reuse. It contains a combination of saison yeast, brettanomyces, and a range of wild and commercial yeasts and bacteria; some isolated from our own barrels, others grown from local fruit, and still more sourced from beers we’ve enjoyed drinking ourselves.
Once the saison yeast finishes its work, the beer conditions slowly over weeks and months, as the wild organisms start to shape it further. What begins fresh and lively becomes something deeper and more layered over time.
Buy the set, link below, and try them all yourself at home or come visit our Spa Road Venue on Thursday 11th June to try them all on tap.
Our Spa Road Venue will be hosting an event on the 11th June where they will be pouring all five beers.
Our friends at; Beer Merchants Tap (London) Winckley Street Ale House (Preston), The Rutland Arms (Sheffield), Koelschip Yard (Glasgow), Inn Deep (Glasgow), Free Trade Inn (Newcastle) and Mosaic Tap (Newcastle) will all be holding their own events over the next couple of weeks. Keep your eyes peeled on their socials for updates.
But that's not all, we've got a few beers that have been released recently that you should absolutely get a hold of before they sell out!
Come by for fresh pours, bottles to take home, and some stunning food from Yagi Izakaya.
Our Spa Road venue has 25 draught lines, 2 cask lines an array of wines, soft drinks and Negronis.
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