chefchris

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Brewing this up today. This is no sparge - no chill.

15.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row)
2.00 lb Vienna Malt
0.50 lb Carafoam
0.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L
0.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 55L

1.50 oz Citra [11.10 %] (30 min) (First Wort Hop) 34.6 IBU
0.25 oz Citra [11.10 %] (60 min) 10.3 IBU
1.00 oz Citra [11.10 %] (20 min) 13.8 IBU
2.00 oz Citra [11.00 %] (Dry Hop 3 days)

1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale

OG- 1.062
IBU - 58.7
5.25 gallon batch

I'll chime back in when it's done.

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Bottled:
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chefchris

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Well, over shot my OG. Came to 1.074. So instead of S-04 I'll be using WLP007 Dry English Ale.

Thermometer went out so I don't know if I hit my desired rest temp or not. I know I was about 2 degrees above my strike temp before it went out. So I waited a couple minutes while stirring then doughed in.

Ran out of propane about 30 minutes into the boil, but I live very close to a home depot and got it back to boiling in less than 15 minutes.

Citra smells amazing. I threw in the 1.5 oz into FWH and it hits you like a ton of bricks.

All in all it sounds like a stressful brew day but it was probably one of the nicest ones I've had. Might have something to do with no sparge and no chill.

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staygoldBREWING

Primary:
RIS, Flanders Red, Berliner Weisse

On Tap:
Brown Ale, American Stout, Pumpkin Porter, Pale Ale, Uncle Muscle's IPA, Rowsdower Canadian Dry Stout

Bottled:
Berliner Weisse

ldgenius2000

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Man that does sound rough, glad it still turned out well

Pappers_

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Hi, I've not heard of Citra hops before - have you used them before? Would you care to share your impressions and any info you have?

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chefchris

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eh, it was no big deal. Actually read most of Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea during the process so I obviously wasn't around like a mad man.

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staygoldBREWING

Primary:
RIS, Flanders Red, Berliner Weisse

On Tap:
Brown Ale, American Stout, Pumpkin Porter, Pale Ale, Uncle Muscle's IPA, Rowsdower Canadian Dry Stout

Bottled:
Berliner Weisse

chefchris

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Nope, this is my first time using them. That's why it's the only hop in this recipe. It's a fairly new hop, Sierra Nevada used it as a dry hop in their Torpedo.

I'll definately chime in when this is done. Got the starter churning now.

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staygoldBREWING

Primary:
RIS, Flanders Red, Berliner Weisse

On Tap:
Brown Ale, American Stout, Pumpkin Porter, Pale Ale, Uncle Muscle's IPA, Rowsdower Canadian Dry Stout

Bottled:
Berliner Weisse

Pappers_

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Quick google search that turned up a lot of messages about Citra being new but not much info, except for this blog entry by the Brew Dudes - http://www.brew-dudes.com/citra-hops/557

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HOOTER

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Where did you track these hops down? I would love to get my hands on some for next summers IPA.

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bkov

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freshops or rebelbrewer

defenestrate

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niko homebrew supply has them also, whole leaf

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