Lookin' for a Citra IPA recipe....

[Lars11]

I have only brewed 4 times. Anyone out there have a recipe for a simple, drinkable Citrusy IPA. I am going for a delicious tasty treat here.
Thanks!

 

[RM-MN]

I'd take almost any IPA recipe and replace the hops that are in the last 5 minutes of the boil and replace them with Citra, then dry hop with more Citra. I only use an ounce of Citra for dry hopping my pale ale and get lots of aroma.

 

[rideincircles]

Kern River Citra Double IPA recipe got me a 1st place award in my monthly masterbrewer contest. I want to brew it again already. Only about 10 bottles left.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/kern-river-citra-dipa-343603/

 

[poptarts]

zombie dust clone on this site is all citra and amazing

 

[johns]

look at the recipe thread under IPA. I have just brewed it and have yet to bottle it. There will be about 12 days of dry hopping with Citra and Amarillo.

Also there is a zombie dust recipe that uses alot of citra

Hope this helps.

 

[agrazela]

Since you posted in Extract forum, I assume you want all-extract?

My best 5-gal, partial boil, all-extract IPA to date (am currently working on modifying to PM/BIAB), all extracts obtained from morebeer:

3.5 gallons water in 5gal kettle
0.5# Crystal 40L (steeped at 150-160F)

Then add and boil 45 min (should lose ~0.25-0.5gal water altogether to boil):
2# Munich LME (50% Munich / 50% pilsner)
1oz Columbus pellets, 1oz Magnum pellets

Then add and boil 15 more min:
1# dextrose
4oz maltodextrin (for body, optional)
Clarifier (e.g., Whirlfloc)

At flameout, add:
6# Ultralight LME (100% 2-row)
1oz Columbus pellets (do a 30 min hopstand before chilling)

Chill to ~75F, add 2+ gal refrigerated top-off water (to ~5.25gal)
Pitch 11.5g packet US-05 at temp ~63-64F
Ferment 7-10 days at 64-65F, then raise to ambient/70F (or optionally rack to secondary) for 5-7 days
Dry-hop 5-7 days with: 1oz Simcoe, 1oz Citra, 1oz Amarillo

Bottle with ~3.5oz (100g) dextrose and (optionally) a clarifier like 5g gelatin
Let carbonate 2-3 weeks, then bottle condition another week or two

I come up with O.G. ~1.063, F.G. ~1.015, ~6.2% ABV, IBU somewhere around 50-55.

This is somewhat sweet and malty for an IPA, but that's what I wanted. I suppose you could use less Crystal or sub in 15L if you want less sweetness. I suppose you could swap out a pound of Munich for more Ultralight if you want less malty. The Munich does give a strong backbone, though, kinda like an old-school Pacific Northwest IPA, something kinda DeSchutes-ish, before everyone went all dryness / bitterness mad on IPA's.

I also find that if you cut out the bittering Columbus, cut the initial boil by about 15 min, and scale back the dextrose, this makes a pretty tasty APA with IBU I figure ~25-30.

Great citrusy nose, these hops do blend nicely. I think you could sub Zythos for the Amarillo and/or Simcoe, depending what's available. Gotta keep the Citra, though!

This was the first own-recipe I produced that my wife could find no flavor faults with--and believe me, she specializes in fault-finding! (IMO it does need more body, but that's part of why I'm going to PM/BIAB.)

 

[Lars11]

Thanks a bunch for all the great ideas. I'm going to brew tonight, so I will keep you all posted. My wife, and one of my good pals are super IPA lovers. 3 of my 4 brews have been IPA,s, and none of them have been great yet. They have been good, and very drinkable, but not great.

This is going to be the one, I can feel it.

Oh yeah, all extract btw.

 

[Hjandersen]

I am going for a delicious tasty treat here.
Thanks!

I subscribe to this approach when brewing in general..