American Pale Ale Citra Pale Ale

[DaganT]

So like a fool on the hill, I am dry hopping while cold crashing. Will this screw it up? Hope not I'm very excited about this one.

 

[kpr121]

Nah you should be fine... How long are you planning on cold crashing? Dry hopping typically takes 1-2 weeks at cold temps to have any real effect. So if you are transferring in a couple days you might want to bring the hops with the rest of the beer. (Hopefully you used a hop bag?)

If not, just let it cold crash for at least a week. You'll have crystal clear beer and some nice hop aroma from the dry hopping.

 

[DaganT]

Sweet. I'm planning on transferring in a couple of days. So I'll just keep the hop bag in. Thanks.

 

[downtown3641]

I did a modified version of this a few weeks ago. I used MO for the base, swapped out the Vienna for biscuit, and did quarter ounce additions of cascade/Citra at 15 and 10 minutes. I did a half ounce of each at flameout. I skipped the dry hopping and used US-05. I had a little mishap with calculating my strike water volume, so I had a cool mash for a while. This one finished up at 1.008. I just pulled a sample from the fermenter this morning. Very well balanced. The fruity hop flavor comes through but doesn't overwhelm. The complexity of the malt is wonderful. Shame I'm not set-up for an extra keg in the fridge right now, so I have to bottle, which I don't have time for this weekend.

 

[BrewmanSam]

Looks likes a winner! Gonna give this one a try this weekend with a couple of slight modifications. Thanks

 

[bkorver]

Just put the dry hops in primary... I can't wait to get this in to bottles and sneak a taste of it...

 

[grundig5]

I brewed this yesterday using Maris Otter, a lb of munich, and the 8 oz of C40. Followed your hop schedule though, but will add another ounce of each hop at kegging time in addition to the dry hop. Any idea if simcoe would be a nice dry hop addition to citra/cascade? This should be ready for a July 7th party, thanks for the nice recipe OP!

 

[ne0t0ky0]

Brewed this last night, but had to make a last minute change since I was short on 2-row.


7 lbs Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 51.9 %
4 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 29.6 %
1 lbs Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (55.0 SRM) Grain 4 7.4 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 5 7.4 %
8.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 6 3.7 %

Should be interesting.

 

[robh4413]

Fired up this bad boy.... A citra belgian. Very fruity, but not over the top. A tad bitter 75IBU's ... But the sweet Belgian flavor compliments it well.

 

[ne0t0ky0]

Brewed this last night, but had to make a last minute change since I was short on 2-row.


7 lbs Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 51.9 %
4 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 29.6 %
1 lbs Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (55.0 SRM) Grain 4 7.4 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 5 7.4 %
8.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 6 3.7 %

Should be interesting.

This has come out very very excellent. I know exactly why everyone raves about Citra aroma... it's just heavenly. The flavor and aroma on this are just amazing. The Vienna gives a nice nutty, sweet malt backbone. Definitely an excellent beer.

 

[JordanThomas]

Hoping someone can help answer this...

Has anyone ever used Galaxy as a bittering hop and then pure citra for this brew instead of the Citra/Cascade blend throughout?

I think the Galaxy would play nice with Citra, but not sure...

 

[afr0byte]

Hoping someone can help answer this...

Has anyone ever used Galaxy as a bittering hop and then pure citra for this brew instead of the Citra/Cascade blend throughout?

I think the Galaxy would play nice with Citra, but not sure...

Galaxy is very similar to Citra (I've heard it described as Citra without the cat pee smell/taste.). It's also harder to get, so I wouldn't waste it for bittering.

 

[JordanThomas]

Galaxy is very similar to Citra (I've heard it described as Citra without the cat pee smell/taste.). It's also harder to get, so I wouldn't waste it for bittering.

Well, I did it anyway. Made a Citra/Galaxy pale ale. It is awesome.

 

[afr0byte]

Well, I did it anyway. Made a Citra/Galaxy pale ale. It is awesome.

No worries. I'm sure it is good. :rockin:

 

[Spartan1979]

I'm going to try this on Friday. I was going to try a Zombie Dust clone, but the 8 oz of Citra I thought I had turned out to only be 4 oz.

 

[Spartan1979]

I tasted mine last night. It was fantastic and easily the best Pale Ale I've made. The only thing I changed was that I used Wyeast 1332, Northwest Ale yeast.

I think I have enough Citra left to make another batch, otherwise I'll have to find some.

 

[davekippen]

Anyone want to share the Citra/Galaxy pale ale recipe?? I have both hops on hand and a pale ale homebrew club comp coming up!

 

[dstuckrn]

Thanks for the awesome recipe, I went with my gut and brewed 10 gallons. This was a huge hit, and my favorite pale ale recipe to date. I'm very excited to have 5 gallons on standby.

 

[mttfrog13]

I started off planning to brew this recipe, but it morphed into this...

Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 3 gallons
Est. Efficiency: 65% (brew house)

ESTIMATED STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV (standard): 5.25%
IBU (rager): 37.91
SRM (morey): 6.69

FERMENTABLES:
4 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Extra Light - (late addition) (50%)
1.5 lb - American - Pale 2-Row (18.8%)
1 lb - Belgian - Munich (12.5%)
8 oz - American - Caramel / Crystal 40L (6.3%)
8 oz - American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt) (6.3%)
8 oz - United Kingdom - Golden Naked Oats (6.3%)

HOPS:
0.5 oz - Nelson Sauvin for 60 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil (AA 12.5, IBU: 28.85)

0.25 oz - Nelson Sauvin for 10 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 12.5, IBU: 3.14)
1 oz - Summer for 10 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil (AA 5.9, IBU: 5.92)

0.25 oz - Nelson Sauvin for 0 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 12.5)
1 oz - Summer for 0 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil (AA 5.9)

1 oz - Nelson Sauvin for 7 days, Type: Pellet, Use: Dry Hop (AA 12.5)
1 oz - Summer for 7 days, Type: Pellet, Use: Dry Hop (AA 5.9)

MASH STEPS:
1) Temp: 154 F, Time: 60 min, Amount: 5.5 qt

YEAST:
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001

 

[PSGD]

I'm going to have to try this soon. Looks like I have everything on hand except for the Munich. Could I replace that with Vienna?

 

[milldoggy]

I'm going to have to try this soon. Looks like I have everything on hand except for the Munich. Could I replace that with Vienna?

Should be fine. This reciepe was a huge hit. I even found a keg I aged because I forgot about it and it was damn tasty after 9 months.

 

[SoonerDoc]

Calculated at 77% efficiency.

Ingredients:

10.0 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
.5 lb American Vienna
.5 lb American Munich
.5 lb Crystal Malt 40°L

.5 oz Magnum (14.5%) - 60 min
.25 oz Citra (11.1%) - 10.0 min
.25 oz Cascade (5.5%) - 10.0 min
.25 oz Citra (11.1%) - 1.0 min
.25 oz Cascade (5.5%) - 1.0 min
.25 oz Citra (11.1%) - 0.0 min (added to whirlpool)
.25 oz Cascade (5.5%) - 0.0 min (added to whirlpool)
1.0 oz Citra (11.1%) - dry hop
1.0 oz Cascade (5.5%) - dry hop


Mash at 154 for 60 minutes. All pellet hops.



This one came out great. It's nice and bold with peachy and orange zest flavors, a big citrus hoppy aroma, and a nicely balanced bitterness. Dropped very clear after cold crashing and kegging (the picture doesnt depict the clarity properly, it's clear and bright in the glass).

I kegged this 2 weeks ago and it's really good. Like you suggested, I swapped Biscuit for Vienna but I used a full 1oz of Magnum for bittering. Other than that, I followed your recipe. The aroma of the Citra is amazing and the full ounce of Magnum gives it just enough bitterness. I think Beersmith gave it 50 IBU (I'm not at home so I don't have Beersmith in front of me). Thanks for the ideas! It's perfect now that it's warming up outside. I'll be making this again.

 

[PSGD]

Bottled mine last night after dry-hopping for 7 days. This is awesome! I bumped up the grains a bit, subbed Vienna for the Munich. OG 1.067 FG 1.013. Sure glad I have more Citra in the freezer, This batch won't last long!

 

[madEthelFlint]

brewed this over memorial day weekend, and killed the keg yesterday in about 4 hours! fantastic recipe (from the first post) that will go into regular rotation. thanks for sharing!

 

[sloose]

referred to this by a friend. the previous poster actually. I'm brewing this today. Now actually.

PS Madethelflint smells like feet.

 

[atimmerman88]

Seems like this is a well received recipe...

Curious if anyone has used any yeast variants...

WLP007?
S04?
WLP051?

 

[jordanfrenzy]

Tried this with slight alterations today.

Subbed base grain with 11# of MO, bittered with .50 oz Warrior (LHBS out of Magnum), and used Centennial/Simcoe as my 10,1,0 and dry additions. Rehydrated some S05 and pitched a little warm.

I'm trying to create a nice house pale ale to go on tap in my new keezer. Will post how it turns out.

 

[atimmerman88]

This is fermenting currently

WLP007

.75 warrior bittering

 

[BeastMaster]

Brewed this last weekend WLP001 got it from 1.048 to 1.006 in 4 days. Transferred it to Secondary today, I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[ja09]

I'm liking the sound of this!.. Probably with maris otter & biscuit. Anyone think this could be kegged & drinkable within 3 weeks targeted at 1.050? I've never tried anything under 6 weeks before, so I haven't a clue.