Kit or recipe with citra hops?

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I've got three batches in the fermenters now. A kölsch, English brown ale, and vanilla porter. They were all extract with specialty grains kits.

I'm looking forward to doing more brewing. I've been reading and I want to work with Citra hops. I'm not a huge fan of IPAs but I'm certainly interested in Citra hops.

Are there any kits that use Citra? I'm only interested in extract with specialty grains. If there aren't any kits, can someone recommend a recipe for me? Again, I'd prefer it to be DME based with specialty grains.

Thanks for the help!
 
www.DIYBREWING.com has a great recipe though it is liquid extract though I am sure you could use DME in its place, you'd just have to use the right amount. They are local so I just go and pick the stuff up myself. I absolutely love this beer. Drinking one now and realized my keg is almost empty:mad:

Instructions for Citra Pale Ale
Total boil time 1 hour
Primary fermentation 3-10 days Secondary fermentation 7-14 days
Bottled beer fermentation 3 weeks
OG - 1.049 FG - 1.012 Color – 9.24 SRM Alcohol – 4.84% Bitterness – 50.7 IBU
Ingredients
6.0 lbs Extra light Malt Extract
1.0 lbs. 2-row
0.5 lbs Crystal 60
1.0 oz Centennial
1.0 oz Citra (flavor)
1.0 oz Citra (aroma)
1.0 oz Citra (dry hop)
1 US-5 or Wyeast 1056 American Ale

•Smack yeast pack at least 6 hours in advance (may be refrigerated for up to 3 days after smacking and before brewing) or ignore if using dry yeast
•Put 3 gallons of water into fridge to cool down.
•Bring another 2.5 gallons of water to 170° F in pot.
•Add grain pack and flaked oats to muslin bag and insert into water for 15 minutes
•Do not let water temperature go below 150° F or back above 160° F
•At the end of the 15 minute steep remove grain bags and let water drain from bag into pot. Do not squeeze grain bag. Discard grain bag.
•Bring water up to a boil. Do not keep lid on kettle during boil
•Add Centennial bittering hops to a muslin bag and boil for 60 minutes (Total boil time = 60 mins)
•After 45 minutes add Malt Extract
•After 50 minutes of boil time add Citra flavor hops .
•At 60 minutes of total boil time turn stove off. Add Citra aroma hops. Let wort stand for 15 minutes. Remove all hops bags if used.
•After 15 minutes, cool wort by placing pot in sink with ice and water
•When a temperature of 70° F or less is obtained pitch yeast into the fermenter.
•Vigorously shake fermenter and place airlock into hole.( fill airlock halfway with water)
•Place the fermenter into an area where a temperature of 55-70° F can be maintained.
•After 3-7 days of fermentation rack beer into secondary fermenter and dry hop with Citra Dry Hops. Alternately if not using a secondary. After 3 days add Citra dry hops to primary. After 10 days siphon beer into bottling bucket .
•After 7-14 days, siphon beer into bottling bucket.
•Heat priming sugar in a cup and half of boiling water for 15 minutes.
•Add priming sugar mixture to beer.
•Cap bottled beer
•Let bottled beer ferment at 70° F for 3 weeks. Beer may be cellared for up to 1 year.
 
I made a 4L batch from the 2nd runnings of a weizenbock, used a good bit of citra as a late addition only, ended up a really nice banana/pineapple/tropical fruit tasting brew, too bad it was such a small batch.

I really like citra, and it can definitely be used outside of the IPA circle. You could buy a hefeweizen kit, and throw in an ounce of citra at flameout to get the same effect.
 
I really like citra, and it can definitely be used outside of the IPA circle. You could buy a hefeweizen kit, and throw in an ounce of citra at flameout to get the same effect.

This is what I wanted to hear! I'm not an IPA fan at all so I'm looking for a non-IPA application. Something non-traditional, if you will.
 
I was inspired from reading the interview with the brewmaster of Schneider & Sohn, he talked about their collaborative effort with Brooklyn Brewery called Hopfenweisse, which is hoppy but fermented with the Schneider yeast like all their products.
 
Next question... I've only worked with pellet hops. Should I use pellet or leaf hops for the boil? I assume that leaf hops would be better for dry hopping, right?
 
Use what you prefer, I tend to use pellet hops because that's what I buy in bulk.
 
If your going to use whole leaf, you'd probably have to use more. The pellets are much more compact and have more "bang for theor buck" from what I understand anyway.
 
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