S: very much like the same brewery’s regular beer, Citra, in that the fruitiness has accentuated so well and smells fresh on the nose, with gooseberry cordial, juicy lychee flesh, pears, and honey-ish sweet but light-bodied pale malts coming in a harmony. If anything, the sweetness comes slightly too sharp on the balance.

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! 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!! 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. Well of course that followed on in 2011 when the supply of Citra hops increased and Oakham Green Devil IPA made its first appearance. seymour wrote:I haven't tasted it, but it sure sounds like they simply brewed a bigger version of this:

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A: pale orange-golden in colour, coming with light haze (likely unfiltered), a well-lasting, thin layer of off-white froth, and super mild carbonation.

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. I may start by tweaking half of a Woodfordes Sundew kit with additional DME and 100g of Citra pellets that I've got.Twice “World Champion Cask Beer” at the prestigious International Brewing Awards and winner of many other major awards, Green Devil IPA is very much the big brother of Oakham Citra, double hopped with a huge 2.25 Kg of top Citra hops per brewer’s barrel (288 pints). Green Devil IPA is also aged in a cask for at least 6 weeks to allow flavours and condition to develop even further. Citra is now Oakham’s No.1 brand and the driving force behind the brewery’s success in recent years!