Honey citra pale ale

[Unit2]

Hi I'm brewing a honey citra pale. The recipe calls for..

7LB of Maris Otter
.5LB of Munich
.5lb of Crystal 60
.5LB of Amber malt

.5 LB of Honey at or right before flame out

60 min boil

1/2 oz Citra @ 60 mins
1/2 oz Cascade @ 30 mins
1/2 oz Centennial @ 10 mins

34 IBU

I'm i little worried that @ 34 IBU it might be a little boring? Do you think I should do the hops above at a full 1oz for 68 IBU? and up the honey to a full 1LB or to you think the hops would drown out the honey? What would you do if you were me lol

 

[Gnomebrewer]

What's the starting gravity?

 

[AkTom]

Looks good to me.

 

[Unit2]

What's the starting gravity?

1.047 OG 1.008FG 5%abv

 

[Gnomebrewer]

1.047 OG 1.008FG 5%abv

I wouldn't go any heavier with the hops. The recipe as it stands looks quite balanced. The honey will only be a background note, but will dry the beer out a bit. It has a bit of maltiness, a bit of caramel sweetness and a bit of hop with nothing dominating. It should be quite an easy drinker.

The only change I'd make is to reverse the hop additions - Citra at 60mins seems a bit odd, it's normally a late and/or dry hop (especially when it's called a citra honey pale ale). If you want more hop, add a small citra and/or centennial dry hop (I wouldn't though).

 

[divrack]

if you want to make a different beer go for it.
i wouldnt though. interesting and bitter are not synonyms. interesting to me is when elements are in balance or with one feature being showcased. double hops at those additions would be showcasing alpha acid = boring

 

[divrack]

if you want to make a different beer go for it.
i wouldnt though. interesting and bitter are not synonyms. interesting to me is when elements are in balance or with one feature being showcased. double hops at those additions would be showcasing alpha acid = boring

you could increase hops atflameout if you want more hop flavour, but then id not bother with honey, and again, different beer.

 

[AZCoolerBrewer]

I agree with the other responses. If this recipe sounded good enough for you to want to brew it then give it a try. It reminds me of the white house honey ale. What honey you use makes a big difference on the impact it will have on your beer. If you get raw honey from a local farmer, the taste will come through more and it will be a higher sugar content, (increase ABV). If you use something like Sue Bee, it will dry your beer a little and not impart as much honey flavor.

 

[VirginiaHops1]

I wouldn't go any heavier with the hops. The recipe as it stands looks quite balanced. The honey will only be a background note, but will dry the beer out a bit. It has a bit of maltiness, a bit of caramel sweetness and a bit of hop with nothing dominating. It should be quite an easy drinker.

The only change I'd make is to reverse the hop additions - Citra at 60mins seems a bit odd, it's normally a late and/or dry hop (especially when it's called a citra honey pale ale). If you want more hop, add a small citra and/or centennial dry hop (I wouldn't though).

I'll echo this. I've been using Citra a lot lately and like it as a flavor hop. You won't get that using it as a bittering hop though. Plus Citra tends to be more expensive. I'd use it as your 10 minute addition. Or maybe brew it both ways

 

[Unit2]

I was kinda thinking the same with the Citra hops. I switched out the Citra for Centennial for bittering & the Citra for finishing. Ferm temp was a bit high around 78F-80F 24hrs into it. So took it to the basement and swamp cooled it and lower temp to 68-70 over 6 hours were at 68 38 hours in. hopeful for the best, we shall see..


I've also herd you can have off favors if u bitter with Citra? Anyone else herd of this?