CliffH1 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I just picked up 28 grams of Citra hops. I'm trying to decide whether to use them to dry hop an IPA or a Cerveza. I just bottled an IPA that I dry hopped with Chinook and the taste and aroma is amazing. So I have both the IPA and Cerveza sitting here with a can of light malt. Any suggestions? I've never used Citra hops and I'm not sure which would be best...if there is a best[roll] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 IPA for sure, its what i am drinking now and its [love] I wouldnt put citra in a cerveza, actually i dont hop my Cerveza i use Lime zest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffH1 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thanks Tony, that is the way I was leaning. I'll give the IPA with Citra hops a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundawake Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I actually just bottled a standard IPA kit that I dry hopped with 30g of Citra... it smelt incredible. I also used recultured Coopers yeast. Still got a few weeks before its ready... I am very much looking forward to drinking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Im a big fan of Citra also, mostly always in an APA Amarillo / Citra Citra / Galaxy Wai Iti / Cirta Citra / Halletau Nelson Sav / Citra I could go on [lol] I rekon Citra is one of those that goes best with another, I like to do mini boils of about 6 lt (Partial Brews)and can be seen throwing in 10g @ 20mins, 10g @ 10mins, 10g @ 5mins, and 10g @ 0 and also a bit of dryhopping [love] mixed blended hops that is, like listed above, Freaking great hop and Id love to grow some but suspect that they are as rare as rocking horse poo [lol] Yob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundawake Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I also bottled recently an APA I called 'Summer Ale', where I used Nelson and Citra. It was originally meant to be Nelson and Cascade but BeerBelly had run out of Cascade! I had trouble getting enough heat to have a real vigorous boil, (it was a 5L boil), so it ended up being a gentle boil. I thought it was going to be ordinary due to this but it has turned out just about perfect. I used 1056 liquid Wyeast. The full recipe was: 2x unhopped light malt extract cans 500G dex 10g Nelson, 2g Citra @30 mins 10g Nelson, 10g Citra @20 mins 5g Nelson, 15g Citra @10 mins 6g Citra @0 mins. 23L water OG 1.050 FG 1.009 DELICIOUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 what did you work out the IBU's to be for that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundawake Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I didn't. I just looked at the alpha ratings, (Nelson Sauvin 12.3%, Citra 13.8%) and tried to guesstimate the bitterness based on Neill's AHB Centenarillo recipe. I was aiming for a tad less bitterness than the Centenarillo and thats exactly what I got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Thumb in front of face brewing, love it, often do similar [biggrin] I would, without plugging it in, place it in the low 20's given the quantities and times, as long as it sits right on the pallet, taint nuffin wrong with it either, cracking beers can often jusr be thrown together and lord knows, I've done that often enough myself. I hope you are rinsing and reusing that yeast too, very expensive for a single batch. Will say though, it is good to have data against what yoh drink/brew, it allows you to dial in on various factors, mmmmmm citra[love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffH1 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Soundawake and YOB, I copied both of those recipes down. Think I'll give them a go here soon. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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