Barl_fire Citra

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JTK

Barl_fire Citra

Post by JTK » Sun May 15, 2011 2:04 pm

Made a few changes to Barl_fire's Citra in effort to stretch the 100grams of Citra and go a bit higher OG. Pretty much just continuous hopped the 75 grams Citra starting at 30 minutes into the boil.

Citra Pale Ale

Dried Malt Ext. Light/ EBC 8/ 2000 grams/ 56%
Dried Malt Ext. Extra Light/ EBC 6/ 500 grams/ 14%
Dextrose/ 2 EBC/ 400 grams/ 11%
Carapils/ 3 EBC/ 300 grams/ 8% (steeped 30 min at 70degrees)
Caramalt (British)/ 30 EBC/ 300 grams/ 8% (steeped 30 min at 70degrees)
Malto Dextrin/ 100 grams/ 3%

Columbus Whole 17.9 %/ 60 mins/ 30 grams
Citra Whole 13.8 % /30 mins/ 25 grams
Citra Whole 13.8 %/15 mins 25 grams
Citra Whole 13.8 %/ 1 mins 25 grams
Citra Whole 13.8%/ Dry hopped/ 25 grams

yeast: Safbrew s-33 starter

Final Volume: 19 Liters
Original Gravity: 1.058
Final Gravity: 1.017

Bitterness: 90 EBU
Color: 14 EBC
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JTK

Re: Barl_fire Citra

Post by JTK » Mon May 23, 2011 9:10 pm

Bottled yesterday, sneaked a taste as well. Delicious! yet not hoppy, nor bitter enough... Definitely upping the Columbus boil to 50-60 grams this next time, and perhaps doubling the dry hop.
This Citra is a wonderful flavor and have ordered a butt load more along with loads of Amarillo, Ahtanum, Willamette, and of course Cascade, just over 2kg in total! Really wanted some Motueka, but the shop I use is currently out of stock.
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Re: Barl_fire Citra

Post by oneilldave » Fri May 27, 2011 1:09 pm

JTK wrote:Bottled yesterday, sneaked a taste as well. Delicious! yet not hoppy, nor bitter enough... Definitely upping the Columbus boil to 50-60 grams this next time, and perhaps doubling the dry hop.
Hi JTK: I made a Citra only ale a little while ago and it was wonderful and hoppy with really nice bitterness to it. What I did was boil for 90 minutes to get the bitterness up. I left the lid on partially to allow for some evaporation but not enough so that I lost a lot of liquid as steam. Mind you, there's mileage in upping the bitterness hops and keeping the boil time low as well. Let me know how you get on as I've often wondered what would be best.

Regards,

Dave.
Currently Drinking: Marris Otter with home roasted porridge oats, shredded wheat, crystal and black malt, EKG hops and Nottingham yeast. Smooth, dark, and rich - put some aside for Xmas.
Currently Drinking: Bohemian Pilsner with porridge oats, shredded wheat and basmati rice, along with Saaz hops, mandarin zest, coriander, cardamon pods and Munich yeast. Silky on the mouth with a wonderful summer taste. Love this brew!
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Re: Barl_fire Citra

Post by JTK » Fri May 27, 2011 1:59 pm

Hey Dave,
Well thats a good thought, I hadnt really considered the longer boil. Great now I have to do 2 more batches to figure that out :D !
Should be able to give that a go sometime this weekend after racking a 15L Raspberry wheat(for the Mrs.) and freeing up the FV. Also have to bottle 15L of a Best Bitter with tons of Progress, and Fuggles.
I really want to get the American IPA recipes down as I am an Expat missing my IPA's!!! Down here in Zambia, I have my choice of about 5 different Lagers and thats about it!
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Re: Barl_fire Citra

Post by JTK » Mon May 30, 2011 5:16 pm

Effort #2! Made some adjustments to the hop schedule using an extra 50grams of Citra for dry hopping, and 20 grams extra Columbus for bittering, everything else is the same except using US-05 yeast starter.

Columbus Whole 17.9 %/ 60 mins/ 50 grams
Citra Whole 13.8 % /30 mins/ 25 grams
Citra Whole 13.8 %/20 mins 25 grams
Citra Whole 13.8 %/10 mins 25 grams
Citra Whole 13.8 %/ 1 mins 25 grams
Citra Whole 13.8%/ Dry hopped/ 50 grams
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