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29-07-2019, 20:57
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We’ve been lucky enough to drink a fair bit of Fyne Ales Jarl and Oakham Citra lately, though not yet side by side in the same pub, and they’re both fantastic beers.If we could easily, reliably get one or the other near where we live, we’d probably not drink much else, at least for a few months.
But Al from Fuggled (http://www.fuggled.net/) asked the following question…
Is there a finer Citra hopped beer than @FyneAles (https://twitter.com/FyneAles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Jarl??
— Alistair Reece (@Fuggled) July 26, 2019 (https://twitter.com/Fuggled/status/1154829210545983489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
…it got us thinking.
We concluded, quite quickly, based on gut feeling, that Jarl is a better beer. (Or more to our taste, anyway.)
Twitter agreed with us, too:
POLL (HT @Fuggled (https://twitter.com/Fuggled?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).)
— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) July 26, 2019 (https://twitter.com/BoakandBailey/status/1154854540946096128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Again, to reiterate, we love Oakham Citra, as do many people who told us they preferred Jarl.
For us, it’s perhaps still a top ten beer.
But what gives Jarl that slight edge?
It’s maybe that Citra, when we really think about it, has a sharp, insistent, almost clanging note that the more subtle Scottish ale avoids. It can get a bit tiring, even, four pints into a session.
We often find ourselves thinking about beer in terms of sound and in this case, you might say Citra is clipping in the treble, just a touch.
https://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/eq_treble_650.png
There’s another possible factor, of course: we think most of the Jarl we’ve drunk has come sparkled (https://boakandbailey.com/2019/05/sparklers-in-summary/), while the Citra is usually presented as nature intended.
Jarl vs. Citra – clipping in the treble? (https://boakandbailey.com/2019/07/jarl-vs-citra/) originally posted at Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog (https://boakandbailey.com)
More... (https://boakandbailey.com/2019/07/jarl-vs-citra/)
We’ve been lucky enough to drink a fair bit of Fyne Ales Jarl and Oakham Citra lately, though not yet side by side in the same pub, and they’re both fantastic beers.If we could easily, reliably get one or the other near where we live, we’d probably not drink much else, at least for a few months.
But Al from Fuggled (http://www.fuggled.net/) asked the following question…
Is there a finer Citra hopped beer than @FyneAles (https://twitter.com/FyneAles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Jarl??
— Alistair Reece (@Fuggled) July 26, 2019 (https://twitter.com/Fuggled/status/1154829210545983489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
…it got us thinking.
We concluded, quite quickly, based on gut feeling, that Jarl is a better beer. (Or more to our taste, anyway.)
Twitter agreed with us, too:
POLL (HT @Fuggled (https://twitter.com/Fuggled?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).)
— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) July 26, 2019 (https://twitter.com/BoakandBailey/status/1154854540946096128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Again, to reiterate, we love Oakham Citra, as do many people who told us they preferred Jarl.
For us, it’s perhaps still a top ten beer.
But what gives Jarl that slight edge?
It’s maybe that Citra, when we really think about it, has a sharp, insistent, almost clanging note that the more subtle Scottish ale avoids. It can get a bit tiring, even, four pints into a session.
We often find ourselves thinking about beer in terms of sound and in this case, you might say Citra is clipping in the treble, just a touch.
https://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/eq_treble_650.png
There’s another possible factor, of course: we think most of the Jarl we’ve drunk has come sparkled (https://boakandbailey.com/2019/05/sparklers-in-summary/), while the Citra is usually presented as nature intended.
Jarl vs. Citra – clipping in the treble? (https://boakandbailey.com/2019/07/jarl-vs-citra/) originally posted at Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog (https://boakandbailey.com)
More... (https://boakandbailey.com/2019/07/jarl-vs-citra/)