Centennial, Amarillo and Citra Hop Combo

[alibremo]

I am designing an APA recipe and I want to achieve a well balanced - not too bitter - tropical flavour and aroma. Here's the hop schedule I've come up with. Thoughts?

 

[Sammy86]

Personally, I would FWH with Amarillo, but the rest of your hop schedule looks good. Are you planning to dry hop as well?

 

[Dr_Jeff]

citra and amarillo go great together, I like them with simcoe as well

 

[alibremo]

Personally, I would FWH with Amarillo, but the rest of your hop schedule looks good. Are you planning to dry hop as well?

I wasn't because I dont have a way to do it oxygen free so i went with the hopstand. Don't think I'll get enough aroma?

 

[Sammy86]

I wasn't because I dont have a way to do it oxygen free so i went with the hopstand. Don't think I'll get enough aroma?

Honestly, not sure...I'm going to defer to one of my fellow brewers with more experience.

 

[alibremo]

Im thinking of swapping the Citra for El Dorado to get more tropical aroma

 

[Jag75]

You'll get great aroma with those in a whirlpool or hopstand . I love Amarillo hops . I'd use more Amarillo then Citra since Citra is strong . El Dorado is great too so either way it sounds tasty . You can't go wrong with Citra in a pale ale though. It's a win win man . You just have to go what your taste buds want .

 

[anteater8]

Im thinking of swapping the Citra for El Dorado to get more tropical aroma

I almost exclusively use Centennial, Amarillo, Citra and Simcoe in my west coast style APA's and IPA's. You can do so much with these four hops.
I think your recipe looks great, but I would personally double the 15 min addition (then adjust FWH to get back to 36 IBU) and add a ~2oz dry hop of Citra and Amarillo.

 

[GBRbrew]

Have you used centennial before? Its probably just my palate but every time I use it I have to be very careful, the bitterness I get from it can be overwhelming to me

Cheers