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testingapril
Charter Member
Atlanta, GA
595 Posts


Just brewed a Citra IPA with a buddy from my club. He had a pound of citra he wanted to use so I worked up a Double Sunshine/Kern River Citra inspired IPA, but at a more drinkable strength.

http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/249870/citra-ipa

chugach, I see what you were on about with that double sunshine clone you did. the boil/hops smelled amazing.

I didn't realize that he was using Weyermann Pale Ale malt instead of 2row so it's darker and the malt profile is probably more complex than I would have made it had I realized that, but the mash tasted awesome and the boil smelled incredible. We did the two-stage whirlpool thing, which will be my second try at something like that. Interested to see how this turns out.





Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Well, you know me... I'm going to say that some complexity to the malt profile is a good thing.

Let us know how this turns out!




Posted 34 days ago.

Necropaw
Charter Member
Central WI
608 Posts


I bet that'd be a great fall beer with the bit of extra maltiness.  Summer maybe not so much.

Man i wish i had a pound of citra to burn through....




Posted 34 days ago.

testingapril
Charter Member
Atlanta, GA
595 Posts


Get your "malt complexity" out of my Citra hop water!

Kidding, I actually like using characterful base malt in my IPA's I just use less specialty grain when I do that.

It should still dry out pretty good. I'm expecting the keg to practically vaporize.




Posted 34 days ago.

tracebusta
Charter Member
Somerville, MA
155 Posts


Looking forward to hearing how this one pans out. Ever since I had a citra IPA brewed by Otter Creek (in VT), I've been itching to brew one like this.




Posted 34 days ago.

Necropaw
Charter Member
Central WI
608 Posts


I should convince my mom to make sure shes up early enough on sunday when we go to milwaukee to stop at NB.  Though idk, i was hoping to get some bulk stuff from them, but it doesnt look like they have yeast energizer in bulk (yet the HBS i normally go to does...?  Also NB's bulk yeast nutrient is like 3.5x as expensive...

Oh well, i should definitely get some yeast at the very least.




Posted 34 days ago.

brouwerijchugach
Charter Member
Anchorage, AK
59 Posts


Looks like a good recipe. My last one was a little lighter at 7.5% and is great.


So I just found out that 55lb of our mash from the big batch was Crisp's version of Maris Otter... Which explains why this was slightly more malty. I actually preferred it to be honest.  I bet yours will come out great.






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