Citra Pale Ale (PICS ADDED)

[leedsbrew]

lol! It really is the hop of the moment isn't it! Gave it a little stir today to try and get some more surface contact with the pellet particles.

[borischarlton]

I am thinking a Citra Simcoe combo is on the way!

Rob

[leedsbrew]

That had been closing my mind also Rob! I reckon they will be a classic combo! Both have lovely tropical flavours, with the simcoe leaning more to pink grapefruit in my experience! When will you have more simcoe in stock matey?

[mysterio]

I was just thinking the same thing, is Rob dropping a hint that Simcoe is coming back in ??

[leedsbrew]

I hope so! I'll make a big space in my freezer if so!

[borischarlton]

Yep!! I just can't wait to use it again.

Rob

[delboy]

Yep!! I just can't wait to use it again.

Rob

Hi rob was going to put an order in for some citra hops, was wondering when will you be getting the dried issinglass back in as i'd like to add that to the order but i don't want to leave it to long and miss out on the citra hops.

[borischarlton]

Hi rob was going to put an order in for some citra hops, was wondering when will you be getting the dried issinglass back in as i'd like to add that to the order but i don't want to leave it to long and miss out on the citra hops.

You won't miss out on the Citra. I am just waiting on delivery of the dried issinglass, to be honest I wasn't going to keep stocking it but a few have asked so it's coming back.

Rob

[delboy]

Hi rob was going to put an order in for some citra hops, was wondering when will you be getting the dried issinglass back in as i'd like to add that to the order but i don't want to leave it to long and miss out on the citra hops.

You won't miss out on the Citra. I am just waiting on delivery of the dried issinglass, to be honest I wasn't going to keep stocking it but a few have asked so it's coming back.

Rob

Cheers, i'll keeping checking for the issinglass and put the order in then.

[colgilbec]

Hi All,
Just brewed this today substituting the same amount of caraplils instead of caramunich to keep a light colour.
Ever wished you hadnt bothered ?.
Started off great getting the amount of liquor required,then into the boiler.
Had a tinker around, thought i had plenty time for hot break to occur,went to check boiler,WRONG, lost about a gallon over the garage floor,never had that before.
Added another 3 ltrs of water and carried the recipe on.
Went to tidy up and found the b--dy boiler hop strainer on the bench,so emptied and re-filled.
It gets better!!
After cooling and let it rest for an hour,decided to clean the mash tun only to get a warm feeling down my leg,yep i,d left the tap open.
Anyway it turned out not bad ,still hit 1.050 for 4 1/2 gallon.
The only issue i have as in Leedsbrews pics there was a hell of a lot of trub?cold break?.never had this before and used the protofloc as normal.
Anything to do with the grain recipe? as i used standard pale malt,wheat malt and carapils,hops were leaf.
I tried filtering twice with muslim but it didnt catch much,
As i type, its in the fermenter with yeast but can see theres a thick layer of this cloudstorm in the bottom .
I am only hoping the yeast will flatten it down once its finished fermenting?
Happy days.

[WishboneBrewery]

As i type, its in the fermenter with yeast but can see theres a thick layer of this cloudstorm in the bottom .
I am only hoping the yeast will flatten it down once its finished fermenting?

It will be totally fine, you should see how much break material we get in a pint of wort sample at work... then compare that to the 3400 Litres in the fermenter, its not a problem.