Citra Pale Ale

[indica86]

Coopers Pale Ale BE2 250g Medium Crystal 90g Citra 10 Citra @ 20 25 Citra @ 10 25 Citra @ 5 30 Citra Dry Hop
US-05 yeast

I had an empty fermenter and no grain - no LHBS either...

Early taste and oh so yummy!

 

[bmarshall]

You have 180g of citra in there?
What is it comparable to commercial beer?

 

[indica86]

90 all up - ingredients, then method listed.
Like a nice, gentle, hoppy aussie style

 

[Dread82]

Interested to see how this turns out

 

[indica86]

Bottled on the 3rd and I had one last night. Very nice drop indeed.
All I need to do now is keep it out of the fridge for a while and not drink it all early.

 

[Dread82]

What size boil and what volume you fill fv to

 

[indica86]

Steep the crystal in 10 litres @ 65°, then boil that after removing the grains.
23 in the fermenter. Fermented @ 18°. Dry hopped for 6 days after FG reached.

 

[damoninja]

I did a similar all grain brew but I used 100% pils malt and used some other hops for bitterness, but you'll already have bittering from the kit.

Turned out fantastic, was yours super fruity with the 30g citra dry?

 

[rossbaker]

My last batch was similar. I used DME instead of BE2, and didn't steep any grains but I did have a similar boil schedule. Great beer.

 

[indica86]

Super fruity it is.
I have only had 2 bottles as it is too early

 

[Brewing Goat]

What size boil and what volume you fill fv to

How are your brews coming along Dread??

 

[Scottye]

Good to see that you didn't get the cat pee aroma that others often speak of when dry hopping Citra. One of my best kit beers used a combination of Citra and Cascade and I'm now planning a partial brew along the same lines.

 

[indica86]

No cat pee at all.... I would have posted that on the Coopers forum but they pulled it.

 

[damoninja]

Hah. Well I've got a hopped cider dry hopped with citra in a mini-cube now, doesn't smell like cat's piss but it's different.

Smells much better in a beer still.

 

[Byran]

Nelson Sauvin can give you a kind of cat piss aroma.... but not citra. Just fruity goodness :beerbang:

 

[Dread82]

How are your brews coming along Dread??

Yeah good drinking the coopers steam ale kit at the moment dry hopped with some cascade and citra for a laugh, tastes good waiting for a pale ale and a lcpa to bottle condition atm. Loving my new hobby ha ha

 

[Brewing Goat]

Yeah good drinking the coopers steam ale kit at the moment dry hopped with some cascade and citra for a laugh, tastes good waiting for a pale ale and a lcpa to bottle condition atm. Loving my new hobby ha ha

Sweet mate, just bottled a Fruit Salad Pale Ale ala the Coopers website with a few tweaks. Has a nice subtle hoppy smell, and tastes the business. Looking forward to cracking one on just over a weeks time. Comon already!