Citralicious Pale Ale

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xiang

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Location
MI
Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
WLP001
Yeast Starter
Yes
Batch Size (Gallons)
10
Original Gravity
1.058
Final Gravity
1.011
Boiling Time (Minutes)
75
IBU
51
Color
7.6
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
20
Tasting Notes
See below
I brought a 5gal keg of this to Yooper's Brew Day and left with just over a gallon remaining in the keg. Maybe Odawg, Yooper, Homercidal, lschiavo or HenryHill will chime in with some feedback.

You can call this either a big APA or a small IPA with its 6% abv and 51 IBU's. Nice and hoppy, but not over the top. I have really enjoyed the results of pairing Citra with Simcoe.



Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
12.50 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 59.52 %
5.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 23.81 %
2.00 lb Toasted Malt (27.0 SRM) Grain 9.52 %
1.50 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 7.14 %
1.00 oz Citra [11.00 %] (Dry Hop 10 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.30 %] (Dry Hop 10 days) Hops -
1.25 oz Citra [11.00 %] (75 min) (First Wort Hop)Hops 24.5 IBU
1.80 oz Citra [11.00 %] (15 min) Hops 15.2 IBU
1.10 oz Simcoe [12.30 %] (15 min) Hops 11.6 IBU
2.00 oz Citra [11.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
2.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
2.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale

Mash @ 152.0 F

After 10 days in primary, add dry hops for an additional 10 days.
 
Oh, we loved that beer! I really like the balance it had, and found it very much like a hoppy APA. I think the simcoe/citra combo is awesome! I like the backbone that beer has- it's got enough malt flavor to really stand up to the hops and provide a smooth beer.

I'm a big fan!
 
I love citra hops. So, I decided to brew this a while back, following the recipe exactly. It is a VERY good beer. I kegged it at four weeks and let it carb slowly over the next 10 days or so. It was good then, but a bit bitter. After another week in the keg, the bitterness has mellowed and it is fan-freaking-tastic!!! The tropical fruit flavors from the citra are front and center with a nice malt background to balance it out. I will definitely brew this again. Though next time, I might add a few oz of Carafoam to help the head retention a bit. Thanks for the recipe.
 
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