Citra-Rye Pale Ale - Westbrook Brewing Co.

zac16125

South Carolina

4.1/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22oz bottle into a pint glass
Bottle on: 11/12/12

Thanks to mikeincharleston for throwing me this bottle in exchange for ordering some MoAS for us to split. Thanks Mike.

A: Pours a slightly hazy golden amber with a huge 3plus fingers width of slightly off white colored head which hangs around for a long time before dissipating down. Leaves tone of layered lacing.

S: Tropical fruits as expected, with tons of mango and some pineapple. There is also a fairly big dank, resinous quality, and a bit of spice. Really smells great, not as one dimensional as I expected, I suppose from the rye.

T: Rye notes are very prominent in the taste, followed by resinous, piney hop characters. I also get lemon zest and orange rind. Almost no tropical fruit flavors come out in the taste. Still very good though, I thoroughly enjoyed the rye presence.

M/D: Medium bodied, pretty heavily carbonated maybe a touch too much, drinkability is very good though. This disappears out of the glass in no time.

O: Overall, a very nice beer. Great aroma, tasty, and drinkable. Another well done beer by Westbrook.

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2012 02:21:27 | More by zac16125

ChrisMetcalfe

South Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-23-2013 19:08:23 | More by ChrisMetcalfe

irish01980

South Carolina

4/5  rDev +1.3%

04-14-2013 11:48:58 | More by irish01980

DaPan

Ontario (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

04-13-2013 22:02:25 | More by DaPan

rjknyy

Georgia

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

04-13-2013 21:50:39 | More by rjknyy

dvmky

Kentucky

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

04-10-2013 21:10:40 | More by dvmky

dvmin98

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -11.4%

03-31-2013 23:09:11 | More by dvmin98

mikeincharleston

South Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +13.9%

03-31-2013 21:21:20 | More by mikeincharleston

sendbeer

Georgia

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

03-03-2013 23:09:39 | More by sendbeer

UnderPressure

South Carolina

4.59/5  rDev +16.2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Hazy golden orange beer. Nice color. A half inch white, rocky head melts to a thin layer after a minute or two. Nice lacing.

Massive tropical fruit aroma. Pineapple, orange, mango. A slight hint of spiciness after the beer settles down a little bit in the glass.

A spicy bitterness hits the tongue immediately. Followed by sweet and spicy malt, fruity hops and finally a spicy bitter finish.

Relatively thin bodied for a rye beer. The bitterness, spiciness and carbonation combined is a little rough on the tongue.

Serving type: bottle

02-26-2013 12:59:58 | More by UnderPressure

RedneckBeerz

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

02-20-2013 13:35:06 | More by RedneckBeerz

SPRichard

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +1.3%

02-01-2013 23:45:46 | More by SPRichard

codyhaskell

Texas

3/5  rDev -24.1%

01-14-2013 20:19:48 | More by codyhaskell

Texasfan549

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

01-14-2013 17:44:11 | More by Texasfan549

kjkinsey

Texas

4/5  rDev +1.3%

01-13-2013 21:21:18 | More by kjkinsey

FUwolfpacker

South Carolina

4/5  rDev +1.3%

01-05-2013 20:31:41 | More by FUwolfpacker

IrishColonial

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

01-03-2013 00:21:36 | More by IrishColonial

DangerDawg

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

12-31-2012 23:18:27 | More by DangerDawg

thagr81us

South Carolina

4.23/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Served from bottle into a COAST Willi. Poured a hazy golden yellow-orange with a two finger white head that subsided to a minimal amount very slowly. Maintained phenomenal lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, fruit, fruit hop, earth, tropical fruit, tropical fruit hop, and marijuana. The flavor was of sweet malt, tropical fruit, tropical fruit hop, fruit, fruit hop, and spice. It had a light feel on the palate with high carbonation. Overall this was a fairly great brew. I will be upfront about this, I am a huge fan of citra hops. This brew definitely delivered the appeal that I really enjoy from this hop variety. The tropical fruit aspect on this one really made this brew work extremely well. Really glad that Westbrook is going through and doing these single hop series brews. But just so they know, they knocked this one out of the park in my opinion. Well done guys.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2012 13:12:01 | More by thagr81us

bonSreeB

Alabama

3.5/5  rDev -11.4%

12-28-2012 21:20:51 | More by bonSreeB

buckyp

South Carolina

4/5  rDev +1.3%

12-21-2012 00:36:14 | More by buckyp

freduardo

Alabama

4/5  rDev +1.3%

12-17-2012 04:23:32 | More by freduardo

pburland23

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

12-09-2012 00:49:41 | More by pburland23

jsanford

Georgia

4.33/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a cloudy orange-amber with a dense white head that settles to a soapy ring and wispy haze. Super fresh and pungent CItra aromas of peach, mango, papaya, and grapefruit with a moderately spicy and sweet rye malt profile. Quite nice, but I'm always a sucker for a Citra-bomb. Taste is obviously Citra-heavy as well, with more grapefruit, peach, and papaya, a mildly sweet rye malt profile, and a moderate bitterness. Infinitely drinkable (like all the Rye Pale Ales have been), with a medium body and solid carbonation. Very likely the best of the Single Hop Series, but again, I'm a CItra whore.

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2012 22:22:14 | More by jsanford

jmswry

Pennsylvania

1/5  rDev -74.7%

11-23-2012 22:54:26 | More by jmswry