Dry Hopping advice - Citra , Cascade or Amarillo?

[Gsusbrew]

Hey Guys .. So I brewed up a 10 gallon batch of an amarillo pale ale
hop schedule
1 oz (aus) Galaxy 60 mins
.5oz ammarilo 40 mins
.5 oz amarillo 20 mins
.5 oz amarillo 10 mins
.5 oz amarillo 5 mins

Malt 15lbs 2 row
1 lb crystal 40
1lb wheat
.5 lb carapils

OG 1.048

I split the it into 2, 5 gallon batches
1 Safale 05
1 Nottingham

I want to dry hop each batch with a different hop. I am a big fan of cascade so i was going to do 1 with cascade and 1 with citra (1 oz each in secondary for 5 days)

I am not sure if either of these will clash with the profile of the beer. Should I try 1 oz amarillo in exchange for either the cascade or citra?

I am just looking for some general thought and any one has had any experience with this...
This is my 2nd time dry hopping...


Thanks in advance!

 

[kh54s10]

It sounds like a nice experiment. I would do as originally planned. See which you like better and maybe expand on that one.

Or, as you originally called it an Amarillo Pale ale - maybe stick with all Amarillo for one of them.

I did a SMaSH with Amarillo. "Amarillo Armadillo" It was great.

 

[Gsusbrew]

kh54st - did you dry hop with amarillo? I've read that it can cause a cat pee smell. I only read that once. But it has scared me....

 

[m_c_zero]

A lot of people say they get the cat pee smell off of different hops like Simcoe and I've even heard the same about Citra but I think people have no idea what cat pee really smells like. I have cats, I know what their pee smells like and it certainly doesn't smell like a beer dry-hopped with those hops.

I think Citra is an amazing hop to use for dry-hopping. The aroma it gives is almost orgasmic (not really, but still). Lots of citrus notes, tropical fruit, just simply fruity all the way around. I've never dry-hopped with Amarillo but New Belgium brewery does a seasonal IPA that they dry-hop with Mosaic and Amarillo and it is amazing.

Honestly, dry-hopping with any of those 3 will create some great aromas.

 

[kh54s10]

kh54st - did you dry hop with amarillo? I've read that it can cause a cat pee smell. I only read that once. But it has scared me....

No, now that I think of it I did not dry hop that one. I have gone mostly to doing hopstands rather than dry hopping.

I get hoppy enough that way without doing a dry hop. Just a little bit easier, IMO.

 

[redllama]

I dry hop my house IPA with Amarillo and Citra and it gives off a great aroma. I don't thin you can go wrong with any of them.

 

[Gsusbrew]

red llama , do you use both at the same time? if so what amount for a 5 gal batch?

 

[redllama]

Yes, currently I use .5oz of Amarillo and 1oz of Citra. I have the half ounce left over from my kettle additions so it seems like a good use. In the future when I can obtain Amarillo by the pound I may give it a test run with the full ounce.

Here is my hop schedule
1oz Centennial @ 60
.5oz Amarillo @ 15
1oz Centennial @ 10
1oz Citra @ 10
1oz Citra @ 0
.5oz Amarillo @ Dry Hop for 7
1oz Citra @ Dray Hop for 7

 

[Brettomomyces]

As others have said those are both great choices to go with Amarillo.

If I may offer some small advice for the next batch, I would get rid of the 40min addition and move it up to flame out. A half oz at 40 isn't really going to add much to the finished beer, but more hops near the end of the boil can increase the aroma a lot.

 

[Gsusbrew]

Brett - for sure. I tasted the hydrometer sample and it was a bit more bitter than I really wanted. I think the 40 minute edition would have been better at flame out.

Here is what i am thinking
For the nottingham batch - Add 1 oz cascade dry hop
For the saf 05 - Add 1 oz citra .5 amarillo dry hop
Both in secondary for 7 days
Cold crash
Add to keg
Carbonate
Enjoy
Enjoy
Enjoy

in that order

Thanks for all the advice guys!

 

[grizzly2378]

I've got three beers currently in bottles that used Citra and/or Amarillo fairly heavily (a Fresh Squeezed clone, a Gumballhead clone and my own Citra/Amarillo house pale ale) and I've yet to get the "cat pee" smell from any of them. The latest batch of my pale ale was dry hopped with 1 oz Citra and 2 oz Amarillo for a 5 gallon batch. Smelled great when I bottled it. I think Citra and Amarillo go great together (obviously...I bought a pound of each earlier this year and have been using them in damn near everything). Cascade should be good too.

 

[m00ps]

wait...why on earth did you use galaxy for a bittering hop? Thats like ordering a $60 steak at a fine restaurant and feeding it to your dog

 

[LAHammer]

I make a pale ale that I use either centinniel or cascade for bittering at 60 min. Then I split the 10 gallon batch in half at flameout and to half add 1 oz. cascade and the other 1 oz citra. Steep for 5 min. and cool.

Original formula was cascade and it's a very nice PA. The citra adds a nice citrus flavor and I may like it slightly better.

Haven't used Amarillo much for so can't help you there.

 

[aprichman]

I'm a really big fan of citra for late additions but amarillo is nice too. I tend to think of citra skewing towards juicy mango and orange citrus, amarillo as tangerine and orange citrus, and cascade as grapefruit and yellow citrus.

 

[ktblunden]

Go with your original plan. Citra and Amarillo pair extremely well. It's my favorite hop combination.