The Rainhard writeup on Armed ‘n Citra tells us melon and grapefruit. Now I love an anagram as much as the next guy. In reading the description, the eyes they see melon and grapefruit, but the taste is a state of lemon not melon. Will Armed be a dream? Wow, anagrams are hard to think up, and this statement is a testament to that. Enough word play, which seems all at once old, time now for a cold one.*
A muted orange pour, looks like I am going on a sedimental journey** tonight. Armed with Citra and a slim head of zest white. Mild citrus on the nose. Citrus could be grapefruit, orange, lime, LEMON, tangelo, pomelo. Yes, you guessed correctly, definitely lemon. Will this be a dandy shandy or a real lemon? Taste and state seem to be the order of the day.
Yes, it is lemony on the tongue. A light refreshing lemon ale with a dry crisp polished lemon pledge finish to it. Is it possible that the second quaff could be more lemony than the first? Not probable but possible, and is in fact the case. An easy drinking mouthfeel, there is some smooth malt somewhere under a pile of lemon carcasses from all the peels and zests and pulp. Not really hoppy, just too lemon fresh. Like one of those overkill deodorizers. It went from lemon fresh to lemon fatigued. The citra may be armed but it goes a bit above and beyond.
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