El Dorado and citra hops!

Sweet! I haven't tried el dorado yet but I'd use citra as a good foundation hop. It produces some great fruity (apricot/orange) flavor, but I've found that it needs some pine or dank to compliment. It's great at creating a huge hoppy presence, but needs 1-2 more hops on top to provide some depth. Maybe citra, dorado, simcoe?

 

What did you end up doing with them? I just bottled an El Dorado/Amarillo IPA that I dry hopped with 1 oz each of Centennial and El Dorado. (5 gallon)

 

That recipe looks fantastic. Good luck! I've got an IPA using El Dorado, Azacca, and Simcoe - should be ready to drink by Wednesday. My first time using El Dorado.

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Can't wait to see what everyone thinks about El Dorado. I think both of the two beers listed sound great from what the hop is described as.
And smells for that matter.

 

I brewed a DIPA solely hopped with El Dorado a few months ago. Lots of tropical fruit taste from it, strong watermelon flavor. I liked it but by it's self it was something I couldn't drink lots of in a row.

 

I've a partigyled imperial stout in secondary now which has El Dorado as aroma hops, paired off with Magnum as bittering. Still raw and unpalatable, but I'll make sure I leave a note here when it's ready.

 

I have had a few El Dorado beers and brewed one as well. They taste like cherry/watermelon jolly ranchers. A very unique and interesting flavor, but not something I will be using again.

 

Both citra and el dorado are very sweet in flavor and do really well in a pale. If you wanted to do an ipa, I'd either throw in some columbus or summit (something obviously not so sweet) or crank up the abv and do an imperial, as sweetness from hops does much more pleasantly in a beer with a bit more alcohol to compare against it. Either way, both are very unique hops and should do well for a summer drink.

 

Yooper, how'd this come out? I was looking at making something with El Dorado

 

I made a wheat beer and hopped with el dorado. I thought it was really good.

 

Yep. What you said, plus honey malt. Even with all of that, it wasn't fruity or cloying; in fact, it was a delicious session beer.

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I love El Dorado hops. I have done 2 IPAs with them alone, but going to try them mixed with Nelson sauvin next.

 

+1 on this

Bump up to 1.080 and hops like citra and el dorado shine on their own when the alcohol balances it out, at least that's how I do my IIPAs, sweet fruity hops. I've used both in pales and bitters and they go really nicely with Glacier and Warrior. Let us know what you do with the remainder Yooper.