Citra Hops

I just popped the top to a citra ale . . . Boy is it good! Why don't I see more commercial use of citra hops?

I just had a few that I used Mosaic hops for a dry hop addition. It is AWESOME!! Went back to the LHBS and bought another kit!
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Chinese said:

I just popped the top to a citra ale . . . Boy is it good! Why don't I see more commercial use of citra hops?

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got some henry weinharts IPA yesterday and it has some citra in it and it was tasty :rockin:

Laughing Dog has a single hop series and their current one is with Citra.

d2xx said:

got some henry weinharts IPA yesterday and it has some citra in it and it was tasty :rockin:

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, Maybe my pallette is destroyed. I can't detect bitterness in any of the Weinhart stuff. Especially the IPA. LOL.

I loved the Summer Ale that my LHBS put together for me with Citra. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!

Chinese said:

I just popped the top to a citra ale . . . Boy is it good! Why don't I see more commercial use of citra hops?

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They are great. Hard to get for commercial breweries. The beers that do use it are hard to find as well. Zombie dust is rumored all citra, sells out like crazy.

Hammy71 said:

, Maybe my pallette is destroyed. I can't detect bitterness in any of the Weinhart stuff. Especially the IPA. LOL.

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Agreed. I have never gotten any hop bitterness/flavor/aroma out of that beer. Miles away from the IPA style.

Citra is used in quite a few commerical beers. Stone uses them quite a bit as does Three Floyds.

Lots of breweries use citra. It's a nice hop, but it is proprietary so there is only a single source (I believe - though others may be licensed to grow it). So it has a huge demand and low supply, not a good ingredient for a business to rely on for the time being.