Has anyone used their citra hops yet? How are they for late additions / dry hopping?
I saw blatz is has them in a recipe for bittering and it reminded me that I have some.
ndcube - here’s some notes from NB:
http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=80361&hilit=citra+simcoe
this will be my virgin voyage with citra, hope its good b/c being an old ale, I don’t want to screw it up! I may chicken out and switch the bittering hop.
anyway, I plan on making a simcoe/citra late hopped pale ale in the spring, based on some recs, to find out what they’re all about.
Thanks. I must have missed that thread.
I’ve got something in the primary similar to the Super Alt over at NB that does a dry hop with Hallertau Select.
I thought since it was a hallertauer hybrid it might be a good sub but it sounds like it may be way to citrusy.
ndcube - did you bitter with Citra in that or only late hops?
can you tell I’m starting to chicken out on using them in my old ale? :-[
head’s up, too - hopsdirect has them now for 13.50 per pound, leaf.
I’ve not used them yet. I bittered w/ Tradition & Flavored it with Spalt so far.
I’d like to buy from them but I don’t brew with that much of any single variety of hops to get them by the pound.
I usually go to freshops.
Well if you don’t chicken out…let us know how they worked out. 8)
will do, although only using them for bittering, so I don’t know how much I’ll glean from that tasting. will be using them in a pale in the spring though.
I thought you were showing considerable daring…going with the Citra to bitter your old ale… :o
What else would you normally bitter with in an old ale?
I still have not experimented with my Citra…but I am planning on using them later and real late in an ipa soon.
I think I have too many hops :
;D
Normally it’d be a limey bittering hop, Challenger, Target, maybe EKG, something along those lines, but as you know, Pinnah, I rarely have any of those in my freezer 
;D
I just picked up 495lbs of grain last night - I’m set for a while :o 8)
What’s the breakdown?
3 bags Best Pils
1 bag Best Munich
2 bags Best Vienna
2 bags Thomas Fawcett Halcyon
1 bag Thomas Fawcett Maris Otter
I already have 50lbs left of TFMO and 40ish of Best Munich, but other than that I am stocked well with specialty grains, though the Maris Otter is going to take a small dent on Monday with the partigyle ABW-ESB and Old Ale. 10lbs+ of hops in the freezer, a dozen mason jars of yeast slurries (plus access to brewpub slurries of 830 and 001).
Don’t tell my wife, but theoretically, I could not buy any brewing supplies for all of 2010, but will that happen…doubt it!
Ha! Ok.
How do you like the Halcyon? What kind of brews do you put it in?
actually, this is the first use of it - babalu87 spoke pretty highly of it to me a few times - so I figured I would give it a go. and from what I understand, its kinda in between US 2-row and MO in terms of richness.
I’ve used the Optic before, and while I liked it in an ESB, it seemed to have a bit of candy-ness that didn’t go well with all the citrus and pine I load into my IPAs.
I won’t be breaking into the Halcyon until mid/late jan, but if you want, I’ll let you know how it turns out - I think I am going to really like it.
Sounds good. Keep me posted.
I am also interested to hear about Halcyon malt.
MO seams too much for my taste and I was thinking about cutting it with domestic 2-row.
I’m gonna try out citra hops in my first Kolsch on Sunday.
Well I finally made a pale ale,
hopburst with Citra and Amarillo.
Can’t wait to try it… 
Anyone tried an all Citra? I am too chicken.
I brewed this recipe and when transferring to the secondary to dry-hop tasted the gravity sample & it was great.
Holding judgement till its been in the keg for a couple weeks.
SG1.065
60 IBU
MO,Crystal
Simcoe,Amarillo,Citra = FWH
Amarillo,Citra = 7min
Citra,Amarillo = 2 min
Citra,Amarillo,Simcoe = Dry Hop