Citra Hops

[kcinpdx]

I have 1/2 lb in my freezer - got a great deal from LHBS. I did a Citra IPA a few weeks back and it went VERY fast.....
try this:
Citra ipa
14-B American IPA
Author: kc


Size: 10 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 215.41 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.065 (1.056 - 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.016 (1.010 - 1.018)
Color: 11.1 (6.0 - 15.0)
Alcohol: 6.36% (5.5% - 7.5%)
Bitterness: 65.9 (40.0 - 70.0)

Ingredients:
.5 lb 2-Row Carapils® Malt
1 lb Crystal Malt 60°L
1 lb Crystal Malt 10°L
23.0 lb American 2-row
2 oz Nugget (13.0%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
3 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
3 oz citra (11%) - added during boil, boiled 0 min
1.9 ea WYeast 1968 London ESB Ale

Also I met the head brewer from DEschutes late last year. He helped to develop the strain. It is mot proprietary to any one brewery, but I am sure it is trademarked ala Zeus/tomohawk. Don't go looking for rhizomes.

Torpedo and Widmer Drifter Pale are two commercial examples (damn fine ones I might add) and I bet we see more this summer.

 

[KYB]

I brewed an APA with alot of late hop additions and I got alot of pineapple and peach. the flavor and aroma was so intense that it could almost pass for a fruit beer on its own

Kind of the opposite from what I've heard. I read that it's not good for flavor from a bunch of people, do I dry hopped with it. We'll see. I brewed a summer wheat and I wanted some citrus and fruity flavors from hops. If it's good I may try it with Citra for flavor, I'm dry hopping it with citra and used Amarillo Centennial and Chinook for flavor.

 

[Scooby_Brew]

From what I read about these hops they are good for dry-hopping or late additions only, even though they are 11 IBU's: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/citra-ipa-143415/
Well, that sucks, I got a whole # of them from hops direct. I think I will go ahead and try a single-hop IPA with them anyways just to see for myself.

 

[Berkbeer]

My local brewery has a citra smash on tap right now that is really nice, I can see no reason not to use them for bittering.

 

[Scooby_Brew]

Really? Can you describe the taste for me? Is is really that fruity? And what's the malt in this SMaSH, do you know?

BTW, if the hops have a fruity-peachy flavor, maybe I could use'em in an American Wheat? Something light, heck, maybe with fruit additions?

 

[Beezer94]

They definitely have a fruity taste, apricot-peachy. At least the brew I made with it (with all late additions https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/american-ipa-wyeast-1098-british-ale-150662/), the flavor seemed not as intense as the AAU's and the smell would suggest, but definitely the dominate flavor in my brew.

It's really a different taste compared to cascade or centennial, no real spiciness; cascade and centennial are hot & citrusy, where Citra seems cool & fruity.

The aroma is fantastic, so definitely works for aroma if nothing else. I will use them for flavor additions, just need to experiment to find the perfect combo. The above linked recipe was good, just needs a little more depth.

 

[Berkbeer]

The brewery has a standing program of making single hop beers to help patrons learn the different flavor and aroma characteristics of each. They just use American 2 row and which ever hop it might be. On the nose you get a lot of stone fruit apricot/peach with some mango. It is also a really clean citrus rind without any of the standard grassy notes you get from cascade. No cat pee and limited to no herbal piney flavors. Just a great clean refreshing fruity beer. It would make a great summer beer, but maybe to fruity for some.

Really? Can you describe the taste for me? Is is really that fruity? And what's the malt in this SMaSH, do you know?

BTW, if the hops have a fruity-peachy flavor, maybe I could use'em in an American Wheat? Something light, heck, maybe with fruit additions?

 

[discgolfin]

I think for 11% AA they just didnt have the same bite as say cenntennial or even cascade. One ounce at 60 min just didn't cut it for a an IPA even a bitter pale ale. However the aroma late additions it is great.
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[Nikobrew]

If you want some Citra at a good price I plan on running a sale on it shortly (probably in a week or two). If it's cool to I'll post a link here to the sale thread when I do.

 

[HellenicHomeBrewer]

I just brewed an AG IIPA with all Citra during a demonstration today. Actually it sounds like i'm taking all the credit. I assisted the owner of my LHBS during a AG demo he did today where he put together an AG IIPA recipe using all Citra. I am anxiously awaiting to see how it turns out but one thing I can tell you that while we were brewing the wonderful scent of these hops kept turning my attentionto them!

 

[jmo88]

It's really a different taste compared to cascade or centennial, no real spiciness; cascade and centennial are hot & citrusy, where Citra seems cool & fruity. .

very well said! I like this hop alot for dry hopping. The bittering and flavor additions don't work for me though. I've been dry hopping with 1.5oz centennial and .5oz citra and the citra aroma is still very present.

 

[northernlad]

I just got 3oz of pellets at my LHBS for $5.25. I think a SMaSH is in order!

10lbs Marris Otter and 30 IBU's is an unbeleivable treat.
These hops are wicked as a flavor addition.
I brewed an IPA with Warrior @ 60, Citra @20 , Willamette @ 5, Cascade Dry hop. The lush fruitiness works very well with the rest.

 

[dirt55]

I have brewed my favorite Pale ale to date as well using Citra. I heard all the excitement about these late last year so a couple months ago I bought some to test out. Used JZ's basic american pale ale recipe and used Safale US-05 yeast with Citra being the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hop addition. No other hops were used and it came out fantastic! I heard that they taste like passion fruit, which I have no idea what that tastes like, but i know that it is very fruity and super tasty. I look forward to the sale at niko's shop!

 

[Myke_J]

I used some in my basic Single Hop Pale Ale recipe and the taste going into secondary was great. I didn't add any bittering hops, just .5oz FWH, .5oz @15min, and 1oz @ 5min. Now it's dryhopping with another 2oz for a week, then cold crash and into the keg. I also made an identical batch using Chinook on the same day. They are both very smooth with good flavor and aroma, but the Citra smells amazing.

So I tasted 4oz samples of both pales yesterday for the first time since kegging and carbing a few weeks ago. Tried the Chinook first and it was great. Then I tried the Citra and the first thing I smell is onion. Like the smell of dried onions. It's in the taste too. It still has a lot of tangerine flavor and aroma, but that damn onion smell and taste is there. I didn't get any of this in the samples during primary and secondary. I'm going to give it a few weeks before I try it again, but I'm disappointed so far

 

[thelorax121]

I have a Citra pale ale kegged right now and I hyave to agree that while the aroma is great, these hops should be reserved for late in the boil, as overuse in the bittering/flavoring additions give a kind of catty flavor/aroma

 

[chelero]

i made another batch of jamil's IPA, but this time threw in 1oz of citra as a dry hop. the 1st time i made his IPA, it was awesome, but a very clean to no aroma. hopefully dry hoppin with a little citra will shake things up...

 

[smokinghole]

I just brewed an AG IIPA with all Citra during a demonstration today. Actually it sounds like i'm taking all the credit. I assisted the owner of my LHBS during a AG demo he did today where he put together an AG IIPA recipe using all Citra. I am anxiously awaiting to see how it turns out but one thing I can tell you that while we were brewing the wonderful scent of these hops kept turning my attentionto them!

Did you do this with Mark? I was in the other day to pick up some specialty grains and I said how I was using citra in my next batch. Then he mentioned one of his friends recently doing an all citra IPA.

I plan on brewing mine monday. I'm planning on late additions of citra with cascade and then dry hopping with cascade and citra. I will probably do a smash after to figure out whether the onion/cat pee claims are true for my palate.

 

[elkdog]

I'm drinking the last of a citra/centennial amber that I made a couple of months ago: vienna for the base malt, hopped up to about a 1:1 BU:GU ratio. Freaking delicious. This recipe will get tweaked going forward to become my house amber.

 

[smokinghole]

Well I brewed up my IPA with citra in it yesterday. Here's my hop schedule. The hop bill was a basic IPA base recipe ended up at 1.074. I'll update after dry hopping is done as to aroma/taste, then of course when it's drinking time.

2.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 68.3 IBU
1.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (30 min) Hops 39.4 IBU
0.75 oz Citra [12.00 %] (10 min) Hops 8.6 IBU
0.75 oz Cascade [5.00 %] (10 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.6 IBU
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] (5 min) Hops 6.3 IBU
1.50 oz Cascade [5.00 %] (Dry Hop 10 days) Hops -
1.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] (Dry Hop 10 days) Hops -

 

[wildwest450]

I have a Citra pale ale kegged right now and I hyave to agree that while the aroma is great, these hops should be reserved for late in the boil, as overuse in the bittering/flavoring additions give a kind of catty flavor/aroma

That's funny mine turned out great! Easily my most popular beer across the board of different tatses. Not one of my friends has not liked it. It tastes like a mouthful of flowers. I used 1.5 ounces at 15 min. Nothing remotely catty or oniony about.

As a matter of fact swmbo, who has a good palate and has drank a load of different beers told me to enter this one in a contest. First time she's ever said that.

 

[chelero]

last night I bottled my Jamil Hoppiness is an IPA,that I dry hopped with an ounce of citra. it smelled and tasted fantastic-really fruity and citusy. then later I had some fresh mangos, and wow, made the connection. that IS it-mango! greatness. and with such a great aroma/flavor profile, I don't think I'll use it for anything else.

 

[Chuckus95]

I did a Simcoe/Citra IPA as my first AG over the weekend. I love SN's Torpedo IPA, which uses a lot of Citra, and a local brewer makes a Simcoe/Citra IIPA that I like too. So, I'm looking forward to getting this one done.

 

[smokinghole]

I just threw my dry hops in mine 1.5oz Citra and 1.5oz Cascade. I decided to go the safe route and pair it with hops I know I like rather than let citra alone. Next batch I'll do with all citra late/dry hop if I really like how it turned out which I think I will. I can't really say much for aroma and taste at the moment as my nose has a blockade inhibiting my ability to taste and smell properly. I did taste some hops when I took a little sample but I can't tell much because I can't taste anything unless it's a super strong flavor. Good news though is that my sinus infection is working its way out as we speak.

 

[AggieChemDoc]

What do you guys think of the possibility of using citra late in the boil in a wit? With all the fruity flavors, I'm thinking it would pair nicely.

 

[oldschool]

Wow, just opened a 1 pound bag of whole leaf citra. Smells amazing. I kept dropping some on the floor when i was packing them in small bags. Afterward I threw them in the trash and left....came back and the house smelled awesome! Hops direct has them in whole leaf, uncompressed.

 

[smokinghole]

What do you guys think of the possibility of using citra late in the boil in a wit? With all the fruity flavors, I'm thinking it would pair nicely.

I'll be making a wit possibly with some citra late in the boil and possibly a very small amount as a dry hop.

 

[dantodd]

That's funny mine turned out great! Easily my most popular beer across the board of different tatses. Not one of my friends has not liked it. It tastes like a mouthful of flowers. I used 1.5 ounces at 15 min. Nothing remotely catty or oniony about.

As a matter of fact swmbo, who has a good palate and has drank a load of different beers told me to enter this one in a contest. First time she's ever said that.

Based on this description and having a few Torpedos I'm considering brewing a Bohemian Pils style beer with citra for flavor and aroma.....

Has anyone tried this combination?

 

[northernlad]

That's funny mine turned out great! Easily my most popular beer across the board of different tatses. Not one of my friends has not liked it. It tastes like a mouthful of flowers. I used 1.5 ounces at 15 min. Nothing remotely catty or oniony about.

As a matter of fact swmbo, who has a good palate and has drank a load of different beers told me to enter this one in a contest. First time she's ever said that.

My LHBS told me to enter my MO/Citra SMaSH.

 

[rsavage]

anyone in the vicinity of Burlington VT can try a citra pale ale at the Vermont Pub and Brewery, had my first one the other day and must say I loved it. Certainly a lot of complex citrus flavor.

 

[smokinghole]

Okay so I just tried my IPA which used citra. I love it. I need to cut back on the crystal a bit it's a tad too malty for me but the hops profile is good. I used Simcoe for bittering and you can certainly taste that. Then I splint the citra with cascade for late additions and also dry hopped in a split manner. Next time I'll try all citra if not all at least all late and dry hop. I have over 3/4 a pound left why not play around.