Best use for Citra Hops

[brewers-assistant]

Highly recommend trying out the Zombie Dust clone if you are a fan of Citra hops.

Was just gonna say that - if I'm not mistaken this one is Citra all the way.

 

[Brewitt]

Brewitt, i think citra packs a big punch and i use them regularly in an APA.
That is why i suggested with only 2oz he use them as a dry hop.
Some other post were suggesting they be used late in the boil. And 2 oz was not enough for that IMHO.

Ah, I was confused. Got it.

 

[GlenF]

Dry Hop

 

[boxofjibboo]

So now I'm wondering should I dry hop my Kona Fire Rock clone with Citra? Or save them for an ipa?

 

[Proboscidea]

Yes. YES! More Citra in everything.

 

[Billybrewer09]

Citra bomb!!!!

 

[Robin0782]

I recently made an IPA with Centennial and Citra. IMO a really great combo. I think it's hard to go wrong basing an IPA off Centennial. 1.5 oz Nugget to bitter, 1 oz of Centennial at 15, 10, 5, then 2 oz at flameout steeped for 20 minutes. Dry hop with 2 oz Citra 13 days. 1.059 to 1.010. Awesome.

 

[demianb]

We've got Citra hops in both pellet and loose form at Best Damn Home Brew Shop 1036 7th ave 619-232-6367
Cheers

 

[drlars]

I see this threat was just revived. I wanted to add that I had a Citra IPA from Oddside Brewery (a smaller outfit out of Grand Haven, MI, apparently) at a bar in Saginaw and it was A W E S O M E. Maybe even better than the Centennials in Bells 2-H. You don't see too many craft beers that name the hop variety right in their title, but after drinking it, I'd say it was warranted. I need to have some more, definitely.

 

[Calichusetts]

I have used 2 oz of Citra whole hops as dry hops in my last two 5 gal batches of IPA and found it to produce whopping fruit and citrus aroma easily discernible above the 90 IBU of bittering and flavor hops in an Imperial IPA. Citra has a potent nose. Not that 5-10 oz wouldn't be wonderful but, IMHO, 2 oz is plenty!

I've spent a decent portion of my brews this year doing single hop "experiments" with my IPA recipe. Citra clearly won out. I got punched in the face by its flavor and aroma. I also only hop burst/late hop, so its really powerful. Summit was the only other hop that came close. Citra is just amazing. Glad I preorder this year and still have a half pound in the fridge

 

[WiseEyes]

I've spent a decent portion of my brews this year doing single hop "experiments" with my IPA recipe. Citra clearly won out. I got punched in the face by its flavor and aroma. I also only hop burst/late hop, so its really powerful. Summit was the only other hop that came close. Citra is just amazing. Glad I preorder this year and still have a half pound in the fridge

I also did this, My recipe fermented fairly dry 1.01, but my taste buds were definitely tasting sweet tropical fruit notes on the finish. I really enjoyed it, some thought that the pineapple /apricot was too much, Citra has a unique and complex flavor profile.

 

[Robin0782]

I am a huge Citra fan. Combined with Centennial, it's really great. I do find it to add sweetness, so for an IPA I like a big bittering charge and a low mash temp to get it rather dry. Of course I like to that anyway. But Citra is a lovely hop.

 

[Herky21]

yeah use citra sparingly i did a citra smash and it had a harsh grapefruit flavor (still drinkable though:cross but i highly recommend dry hopping with citra because the aroma was awesome

0.50 oz Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 24.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 12.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 8.8 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 2.4 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [13.40 %] - Aroma Steep 5.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [13.40 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days

that was my hopping schedule

edit: i should add i bottled this beer and after 5+ weeks the aroma would hit you upon opening the bottle

I think using any citra at 60 minutes is wasteful.

 

[Rhaop]

I think using any citra at 60 minutes is wasteful.

This was an experimental pale ale, a smash more or less, and yes i would agree not to use any citra at 60 and i would also pair it next time with another hop for flavor and aroma

 

[bngowe]

Love Citra..but i don't think there is any close enough substitute. I tried to do a SMaSH citra pale ale, but my local home brew store only had one oz packet of citra hops, so I did a SMaSH with Calypso instead.

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Galaxy is the most similar i have used.