849: Oakham | Citra

The brewery: "Oakham Ales is a multi-award winning brewery with a worldwide reputation for its innovative approach and for the quality and consistency of its brews. Founded in Oakham (Rutland) back in 1993 and now based in Peterborough, Oakham Ales is the home of much loved and hugely respected beers including Oakham JHB and Oakham Bishops Farewell. Famous as the first UK brewery to brew a beer with 100% US sourced Citra hops, adding Oakham Citra and its big brother Green Devil IPA to our list of UK beer legends."

The beer: "The Original UK Citra®! Light gold in colour, bursting with citrus and tropical hop flavours and sensationally refreshing. In 2009 on his annual hop sourcing visit to the USA, Oakham’s Brewing Director John Bryan discovered an exceptional new hop variety – Citra®. He rushed it to the UK, ensuring that Oakham Ales were the first UK brewery to brew a beer with 100% Citra® hops and maintaining Oakham’s reputation for pioneering innovation."

As you may have guessed - not really my cup of tea - as it were. Just too zesty for me but clearly very popular.

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