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Originally Posted by iswenson
Anybody who has brewed w/ citra, why is it bad to use for a bittering? weird flavors? It seems that it would be a good bittering hop w/ that high of an AA%.
I have a bunch of citra, amirillo, cascade, columbus and centennial and I was going to run a series of individually hopped ipa's. I made the chinook IPA from northern brewer which was EXCELLENT. Thought it would be cool to see what each one brings to the table.
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The term I've heard is either catty or more bluntly, cat pee... from some tasters... with that in mind, 10 days ago I tried to brew a moderately hoppy blonde with about 29ish IBU consisting of .25oz of Magnum (10%) @ 60, .5oz Citra (12.4%) at 20min and again at 5min...
Well... you know what they say about "the best laid plans"... This was my first all grain batch on my setup (had brewed one all-grain at a friend's house and gotten a 67% efficiency) and set the grain bill for a 70% efficiency... only to get 77%... so instead of a 1.045 blonde that is slightly hoppy... my OG is at 1.051...
So, now it is into pale ale territory... do I dry hop it? The WLP029 is starting to quiet down...
It's a fairly simple beer:
8.5 lbs Canadian 2-row
4 oz Crystal 40L
4 oz Crystal 75L
.25 Magnum 10% @60
.5 oz Citra 12.4% @20
.5 oz Citra @ 5...
WLP029 which is a little on the slow side getting the krausen to drop, but I like how nice and clean it has been... I've made a blonde, a Koelsch, and a Rye PA with it previously...
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