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s anyone out there using these? I’d be interested in hearing about your experiences. I have 8oz from Freshops that I’m itching to try out.
I was thinking of doing a APA along these lines:
96% 2-row
4% Crystal 30 or 40
SG = 1.054
60 minute boil
1.5 oz magnum (60)
1.5 oz Citra (15)
1.75 oz Citra (10)
1.5 oz Citra (0)
2 oz Citra (dry, 2 weeks)
Unsure on yeast - Probably Safale S-05.
Thoughts?
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Looks like just the right way to try out a new hop. US-05 is the right choice
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Well...absolutesites sold me on this method, so I’ll throw it out there. I would move all of your Citra additions to 5 minutes or less (up to you though). Also, the Magnum bittering addition seems a little large for a 1.054 beer. Could just be my tastes though.
I have used Citra, and loved it. Love us05 for this beer.
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I just brewed a big batch of IPA today with them and the brewery smelled so awesome. I am brewing a black IPA with them this weekend also. I did all of my citra at WP. I will let you know how it turns out!
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Sounds good, but I’d say more of an IPA. With those additions using the TInseth formula I would estimate you are up around 80+ IBUs. Assuming this is a 5g batch?
I disagree with the rest on the yeast. US-05 is great stuff, I’ve used it many many times, but I do think there is a slight fruity ester that one doesn’t get with 001/1056, which could very easily get in the way of learning the characteristics of a new hop.
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Originally posted by nqualls
Well...absolutesites sold me on this method, so I’ll throw it out there. I would move all of your Citra additions to 5 minutes or less (up to you though).
Luke . . . I am your father.
Originally posted by nqualls
Also, the Magnum bittering addition seems a little large for a 1.054 beer. Could just be my tastes though.
No . . . it’s not your tastes. 0.5 oz of magnum is PLENTY for a pale ale. Keep in mind that you’re just looking to achieve balance with your bittering charge in a pale ale. Couple that with the fact that you’ll be getting higher hop utilization at a lower gravity and any more than 1 oz. of a high alpha bittering hop is not recommmended.
Although dry hopping this beer is not necessarily a bad idea, I would add all of the 6.75 oz. of citra at less than 5 minutes. Personally, I think a neat idea would be to add them continuously starting at 2 minutes until flame out, but that’s just me. In reality, you can’t go wrong with either option.
That being said, the hop schedule that you have detailed in the original recipe will give you a good beer as well, I just don’t think that you’ll get the optimum hop oil preservation from that 6.75 oz of hops with the 15 and 10 minute additions, which are basically inefficient bittering additions if you think about it.
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Originally posted by FrumptyDumpty
I did all of my citra at WP.
Good choice.
What did the rest of the hop schedule look like?
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magnum for bitter then a 10 min addition of 1.5kg of cent then wp was 2.1kg of citra and .5kg of simcoe.
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Let me know how it ends up, I just ordered a pound of them.
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Originally posted by mcbackus
Let me know how it ends up, I just ordered a pound of them.
My LHBS has a ass-ton of citra, so this thread has got my wheels turning.
I’ve been toying with the idea of a highly hopped witbier with no bittering hops at all and all the aroma and flavor hops added at flame out. I’ll probably use 6 - 8 oz. of hops.
I think citra might be the hop that fits the bill.
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Kyle up at Kern River Brewing has been using them recently. I think he used them for his new Saison and DIPA for the Bistro DIPA Fest!
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