EDIT 2: After some discussion on beer advocate homebrew forum, I’m going to UP the citra to EVEN MOAR. So this recipe will be different than when I first published it. Slightly edited hops schedule again. This is the final version that is actually in the fermenter right now. Toned back just a touch on the extreme overkill so I could have reasonable quantities of my pound of citra leftover, and available for other beers. I can probably get two more pretty citra beers from what’s left, or perhaps two pale-ale strength brews. I’m not super crazed over citra, and this will probably be the largest citra addition I’ll use in a beer. Beyond this one, I’ll probably choose a more balanced hop approach. This one is intended to be off-balance tho, heavy on the hops, and heavy on the citra. I just want to see what a super citra-bomb tastes like! Anyway, enough of the edit, here’s the original post, modified to fit the actual recipe…
Gonna make a SMaSH with Munich malt again, this time with citra hops. And yes, I’m going to hop the living hell out of it, knowing that I’ll probably create a citra bomb from hell! Everybody has to over-do it at least once in their lifetime with citra hops, right? So let’s just do it and see what happens! I know I will drink every last one, no matter how citra it comes out. It will technically not be a perfect smash beer, because I’ll use a tiny bit of Belma as the 60 minute bittering charge. Also, I don’t really think this is over-doing it on the citra, but we shall find out just how wrong I am in a month or so.
- 12 lbs Munich
- S-04/US-05 yeast (50/50 mix)
- 0.5 oz Belma at 60
- 1 oz citra at 15
- 1 oz citra at 10
- 1 oz citra at 5
- 1.5 oz citra at FO, then cool to 170F and let stand 15 minutes
- 1.5 oz citra after 15 minute hop stand, while wort is still hot, let stand another 15 minutes
- 2 oz citra DH
- 1.061 OG
- 47 IBU
- 12 SRM
- 6.4% ABV