Brewday 21/01/11 - Citra lager

[mysterio]

Boiling this at the mo... Citra smell great out the packet. I get strong lime zest.

Why the lager yeast ... ? I'm racking my Vienna lager and may as well use the yeast I reckon.

Will probably throw some dry hops in next week too

Type: All Grain
Date: 21/01/2011
Batch Size: 12.00 gal
Brewer:
Boil Size: 13.74 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 kg Lager Malt (2.0 SRM) Grain 44.64 %
5.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 44.64 %
1.20 kg Caramalt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 10.71 %
100.00 gm Citra [13.80 %] (15 min) Hops 31.6 IBU
100.00 gm Citra [13.80 %] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs German Bock Lager (White Labs #WLP833) Yeast-Lager

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.38 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.87 %
Bitterness: 31.6 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 6.7 SRM Color: Color


My Mash Step Time Name Description Step Temp
40 min Step Add 32.48 L of water at 75.1 C 69.0 C

[mysterio]

Tucked up and fermenting at 10c. My oxygen tank ran out so I gave it a good old slosh around to aerate.

Ended up with 5kg each of lager and MO and 1.2kg of Caramalt.

[196osh]

That looks great. They are supposed to be a great hop. Remember and try and keep some for me. .

[mysterio]

No problem brosef

Should be a hoppy one. The Citra were super fresh.

[mysterio]

Sampling this from the FV now.

Citra is surprisingly mellow, not a big 'punch you in the face' American hop. It's flavour is tropical fruits, mango and pineapple. Very little acidity like you get from other US hops.

I would like to try this with a smaller percentage of Amarillo, maybe 75/25, or even 50/50 with Goldings.

Nice hop, similar to Aurora. I will definitely be ordering more of this.

[ChrisG]

Sounds a good one.

Everyone seems to be brewing with Citra just now. Aurora is one of my favourites along with Progress and Crystal.

[mysterio]

Hi Chris. What are Progess like? Never tried 'em

[ChrisG]

I would probably say in the range of Fuggles and Goldings style, but there is something extra. I really like them good mid range Alpha acid of 5.6% from Copper Kettle.

Beer Smith states "Used for: Bittering and aroma in English Ales
Aroma: Similar to Fuggles, aromatic, slightly sweet
Substitutes: Fuggles"

[dedken]

Citra Lager - sounds weird. I get the Aurora reference and the lager yeast reference though. I just used both in this brew, which has strangely enough turned out to be the best beer I've ever made. In fact I had to put 5 bottles aside in case there is a competition soon. I'm pretty sure this one won't even make it to 3 weeks old....