Brewing an IPA with Citra hops. After the primary I was thinking of halving it into two 3 gallon secondaries. I've decided one will be dry hopped and the other, well... it's gonna get one or the other: Apricots or Peaches.
Recipe (5 gallons)
9# Pale Malt 2 Row
3.5# Pilsner
3# Munich
1# Crystal 120
1.5 oz Citra 60 mins
1 oz Citra 30 mins
1 oz Citra 10 mins
Dryhop half with 1 oz Citra 7 days before bottling.
Wyeast 1056
Estimated outcome.
OG 1.086
FG 1.017
IBU 82.5
SRM 15.1
Bitterness Ratio 0.961
ABV 9.2
This will be my first beer that ventures into the creativity of home brewing. Most of my brews, until now, have been fairly textbook. Now that I'm more confident with brewing its time to branch out.
Its been a few weeks since I've tasted citra hops and can't fully remember it other than absolutely loving the fruity flavors. So that's where I'm hoping to get someone else's opinion. I've read another post about peaches working out well and I may just roll that way. Has anyone brewed with/drank citra hops recently that would agree apricots would be a viable choice?
Another question: Does 1 pound of Crystal 120 sound unreasonable to anyone else? It is a 16.5 pound grain bill so I figured it'll balance out. I'm still looking for a redish color and Beersmith is saying that it'll turn out red.
Thanks for the help!
-Bhen
Recipe (5 gallons)
9# Pale Malt 2 Row
3.5# Pilsner
3# Munich
1# Crystal 120
1.5 oz Citra 60 mins
1 oz Citra 30 mins
1 oz Citra 10 mins
Dryhop half with 1 oz Citra 7 days before bottling.
Wyeast 1056
Estimated outcome.
OG 1.086
FG 1.017
IBU 82.5
SRM 15.1
Bitterness Ratio 0.961
ABV 9.2
This will be my first beer that ventures into the creativity of home brewing. Most of my brews, until now, have been fairly textbook. Now that I'm more confident with brewing its time to branch out.
Its been a few weeks since I've tasted citra hops and can't fully remember it other than absolutely loving the fruity flavors. So that's where I'm hoping to get someone else's opinion. I've read another post about peaches working out well and I may just roll that way. Has anyone brewed with/drank citra hops recently that would agree apricots would be a viable choice?
Another question: Does 1 pound of Crystal 120 sound unreasonable to anyone else? It is a 16.5 pound grain bill so I figured it'll balance out. I'm still looking for a redish color and Beersmith is saying that it'll turn out red.
Thanks for the help!
-Bhen