Brewed this up for the first time today, which was a bad idea. Not much went right...
1) There is a blizzard here.
2) Forgot to add a Campden tablet to strike water. This is what I'm most concerned about, I added it right after mash in, so hoping for the best. My water is only .83 ppm on chloramine, so hopefully the low amount and remembering it early in the mash is enough. The mash out water did taste quite good. I brewed several batches early on before even knowing chlorine should be eliminated from the water, so I probably need to relax. No more lazy tabs though, water comes from the carbon filter from now on.
3) Forgot the water additions prior to mash. See above - guess what was in the same Tupperware container.
4) Citra I ordered online (from ebay, as it was dirt cheap) was positively rotten. Brown, hard as a rock and smelled just plain foul, no hint of hop what-so-ever. Lesson learned. After a bit of back and forth with myself, I would up 2 miles away at the LHBS to get some. Did I mention the blizzard? Probably should have just went all mosaic/galaxy, but at that point I had my mind set (read: Stubborn mode 100% engaged). Upside is the seller gave me a refund, took him about 1 minute to reply.
4a) I also accidentally knocked the two ounces I had measured of this crap off the counter and all over my kitchen. (BTW, they crunch when you step on them).
5) My volumes are off, not sure what happened there, I suppose it's likely to have more boil off in 20 degree weather. Came a 1/2 gallon short.
5a) I didn't check pre-boil volume.
But, it's in the fermentor. Now my debate is whether to pick up a few more ounces of citra for the dry hop additions(yep, bought just enough for the whirlpool additions today - as you can see thinking ahead was not my strong suit today), or just go with mosaic/galaxy from here on out. Also have some cascade, centennial, and CTZ.