Amarillo for bittering with Citra for aroma?

[slymaster]

I'm doing a crisp summer ale with pale malt and wheat to give a bit of edge. Just 5% alcohol, low IBU and a neutral american yeast to let the flavors express themself. The recipe I'm adapting from calls for Magnum for bittering but my brewshop doesn't have this one on hand.

Would bittering with Amarillo be too citrusy and sharp considering I'm using Citra at flameout?

 

[aeviaanah]

I would 50/50 both for the bitter and aroma additions!


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[wingedcoyote]

Flavors from bittering additions are typically pretty subtle in my experience, and if I recall correctly I think Amarillo is a pretty clean bittering hop. Go for it! Although from my perspective it seems like a waste -- Amarillo is as rare as hen's teeth around here, while Magnum is plentiful.

 

[slymaster]

All hops are pretty much the same price here in Canada, at least at tge brewshops I go. I got an ounce of Amarillo for 3.75$ and would have to use 1/2 ounce for my recipe.

 

[theck]

Just brewed a pale ale. I swapped out Cascade from the orig recipe I did for Amarillo (got them buy one get one free so why not), still in the bucket but the Cascade one people raved about:

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
12 lbs Briess Pale Malt 2 Row (1.8 SRM) Grain 1 87.3 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.3 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.5 %
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 18.3 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 5 -
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 6.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 9.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 2.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 3.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [35.49 Yeast 10 -
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Day Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs