I have always love citra. Most commercial beers I have had with citra in them I have loved (Zombie Dust in particular which is 100% citra). I have brewed beers with a little citra in them from time to time (most b/c its so hard to get here in TN) but recently I did an IPA in which roughly half of the flavor and aroma hops were citra. I tasted a sample after about a week in the primary (hasn't been dry-hopped yet) and I really liked it, but there was an unmistakeable aroma of sweat. Not three day old sock sweat but as my friend said, "fresh titty sweat." It was not unpleasant but idk if this is something I want in my IPA.
We then opened an Otter creek Citra Manta. Damn! it was like I had just walked into a pre-shower locker room. Again, It wasn't necessarily unpleasant but not my fave.
My questions are these.
1. Has anyone else expirenced this with citra?
2. If I dry-hop my current beer with citra, as I was planning to, am I going to get even more of the funk?
We then opened an Otter creek Citra Manta. Damn! it was like I had just walked into a pre-shower locker room. Again, It wasn't necessarily unpleasant but not my fave.
My questions are these.
1. Has anyone else expirenced this with citra?
2. If I dry-hop my current beer with citra, as I was planning to, am I going to get even more of the funk?