One of the latest
Kernel IPAs, singly hopped with
Citra. Very strong sherbet nose + caramel orange in colour and hazy. It tasted like
Um Bungo/
Tropical Squash/
Lilt. I recently had a half of the
Stone IPA at the
Holborn Whippet and this London IPA reminded me a little of that. The bitterness was relatively mild and the alcohol more or less undetectable (as per with Kernel). I drank this after hopped Saison from
Partizan so maybe there was an after-effect from the sweetness of the spices in that drink. Never thought I'd say it, but maybe there's too much tropicality in this? Is there more balance needed? More malt? Or is the point of brewing with Citra to go for that über-fruitiness? (There are increasingly too many question marks in my wrote-ups these days ....)
I had another bottle subsequently, and it made a great deal more sense the second time around.
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