Oakham Ales Citra, 6 x 500 ml

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Taste is decent enough. Clean malt basis doesn't have that slight funk to it here, and it provides a platform for the hops to do their business. Here they strike out a bit more fully and cleanly, providing citrus-pith and -skin and a clean but robust bitterness. Finish is fairly clean, with a slight undertone of flour. Feel is fairly light but clean and smooth. It’s not just the quantity of hops we use though. The quality of our ingredients is also vital as is the Oakham commitment to quality and consistency. That’s around twice the quantity of hops used in Citra – itself very generously hopped for its ABV! . Blown away by the variety’s powerful citrus and tropical fruit aromas and flavours, John’s initial idea was to brew a strong, single hop IPA with Citra. Very much the type of beer that this brewing legend himself prefers to drink.

The Citra Pale Ale is a light, refreshing beer that is gold in colour. It boasts a unique blend of grapefruit, lychee and gooseberry aromas that lead to a dry, bitter finish. This distinctive taste profile earned it the Gold Medal at the Great British Beer Festival 2014, a testament to its exceptional quality. Case Sizes and Delivery

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John still jokes about it: “This was my first sensible decision at Oakham Ales – to brew a hoppy, sessionable beer”. John Bryan, our Brewing Director, is well known for his quirky ideas, his innovative approach and his passion for quality.

Green Devil IPA is also aged in a cask for at least 6 weeks to allow flavours and condition to develop even further. I may start by tweaking half of a Woodfordes Sundew kit with additional DME and 100g of Citra pellets that I've got.Pours a very hazy holden hue, with a foamy, but not very persistent head of white. Lacing forms in fine patterns, however. Carbonation is coarse when pouring, but settling into a fine powder when the glass is tilted. Body is light. Looks decent. Influenced by his predecessor’s open-minded approach to hop selection, in 2002 John was the first UK brewer to travel to the USA to witness the hop harvest first hand. By selecting hops direct from the growers, he set a precedent for UK and US brewers alike. Well of course that followed on in 2011 when the supply of Citra hops increased and Oakham Green Devil IPA made its first appearance.

An innovative and hugely influential figure in UK brewing, John joined Oakham in October 1995. Within weeks he was promoted to head brewer upon the retirement of brewery founder John Wood. I've only tried 2 other (bottled) commercial single hopped citra beers, 1 being Oakham Citra and the other was Crouch Vale's Citra. Both of which I didn't really like TBH, as I found them over bitter with minimal malt and hop flavour. Also the aroma reminded me of a Tom Cat!! Citra is now Oakham’s No.1 brand and the driving force behind the brewery’s success in recent years! From that first brew on 20 November 2009, via bi-monthly brews in 2010 and elevation to the Oakham permanent line-up in 2011, Oakham Citra has grown and grown and almost 1.7 million pints plus just under 1.7 million 500ml bottles are now brewed every year.He still jokes about it, claiming that it “was my first sensible commercial decision at Oakham Ales — to brew a sessionable beer with that first tranche of Citra hops rather than the strong IPA I initially had in mind”. Each case of Oakham Citra Pale Ale contains 12 x 500ml bottles of 4.6% beer. Oakham Ales ensures that your beer can be shipped on a Next Day Delivery basis, so you can start enjoying this award-winning beer as soon as possible. Additional Attributes John’s annual visits to the US hop fields mean that he has unrivalled relationships with the key hop growers and he still personally selects the hops that go into our beers – quite a task when you consider that we now use almost 25 tonnes of Citra hops alone every year!