Citra/Pale SMaSH

[sturner924]

Does anybody see any possible problems with this recipe? Hopefully going for a big IPA. I want it to be relentlessly hoppy and really showcase the great aroma and flavors of the Citra hops, which is why I picked pale malt.

15lbs pale 2 row
7 oz Citra pellet hops

Also what would be a good hop schedule for Citra? I've never worked with it before. I've heard not to use a lot of Citra at 60 mins because it doesn't act as a good bittering hop. Should I be doing all late additions?



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[buzzerj]

Here is a good Citra IPA partial mash recipe for 5 gallons. I do BIAB. You could make a single malt beer with the two-row but it would be more interesting and tasty like this.

weight type boil time color ppg points
14% 1.50 lbs 2-Row Pale 60 min 2°L 37.0 8.33
9% 1.00 lbs Brewcraft Light Dry Malt Extract 60 min 8°L 45.0 9.00
9% 1.00 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L 60 min 18°L 30.0 4.50
5% 8.00 oz American Munich 60 min 10°L 33.0 2.48
4% 6.00 oz Carapils (Dextrine) 60 min 2°L 33.0 1.86
2% 4.00 oz Rahr White Wheat Malt 60 min 2°L 37.0 1.39
56% 6.00 lbs Brewmasters Light Liquid Malt Extract 5°L 36.0 43.20

weight type form phase alpha acid time aau ibu
1.00 oz US Citra Pellet Boil 12.0% 60 min 12.00 51
1.00 oz US Citra Pellet Boil 12.0% 15 min 12.00 25
1.00 oz US Citra Pellet Boil 12.0% 2 min 12.00 4

weight type phase
0.17 oz Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) Boil
0.17 oz Irish Moss 20 min. Boil
0.08 oz 1/2 teaspoon calcium chloride Boil

Safale-05 yeast or Wyeast 1056/WLP001
Mash for 60 minutes at 152 degrees F and mash out at 170 degrees F for 10 minutes
Primary for one week at 68 degrees F and secondary for another week at 68 degrees then bottle or keg.

OG is 1.071, F.G is 1.018 to give you a 7.0%ABV, the IBUs are 80 so it should be a big beer and hoppy enough. I see a lot of brewers do big hoppy beers to see if they can do it but make sure you try to start making some beers that you will want to make again. This type of recipe you will want to make again. If you want this in an all grain rendition let me know.

If you are making an IPA definitely do a 60 minute hop addition for bittering. Try it and find out.

 

[Malticulous]

You probably can get all the bitterness you need with just late additions. 1.75 oz at 30, 15, 5 and a dry hop might be close to 80 ibu.

I'm not sure what OG your looking to get but without any specialty malts I'd keep the IBUs lower than the OG for a good balance. So if your shooting for 1.075 for a OG 65-70 IBUs would be good. Maybe 1.75 oz at 20, 10, 5 and a dryhop. Balance is really the most important thing for drinkablity.