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Citra Pale Ale CPA

165 calories 17.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 65 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Alex McCool
Rating:
5.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 165 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday July 8th 2012
1.050
1.013
5.0%
59.1
6.1
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb Canadian - Pale 2-Row10 lb Pale 2-Row 36 1.75 90.9%
1 lb Belgian - Caramel Pils1 lb Caramel Pils 34 8 9.1%
11 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Citra1 oz Citra Hops Pellet 14 Boil 65 min 54.17 20%
1 oz Santiam1 oz Santiam Hops Pellet 6.5 Aroma 5 min 4.92 20%
3 oz Citra3 oz Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 15.6 Dry Hop 10 days 60%
5 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tbsp Five Star Chemicals - 5.2 pH stabilizer Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
0.50 tsp yeast nutrient Other Boil 10 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - American Ale II 1272
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
74%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
60 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: bottle with corn sugar       Amount: 7/8 cup       CO2 Level: high Volumes
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
Infusion -- 149 °F 75 min
11 qt Sparge -- 168 °F 45 min
11 qt Sparge -- 168 °F 45 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 3.44 13.8  
Mash volume with grains 4.32 17.3  
Grain absorption losses -1.38 -5.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.39 g | 21.6 qt) 5.19 20.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.2 g | 28.8 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.63 -6.5  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.63 34.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

After trying Zombie Dust pale ale, I became obsessed with Citra hops. I decided to make a pale ale all about them. I started with a recipe for a Sierra Nevada clone, .5lb Crystal 10L and .5lb cara pils. Straight to Ale only had cara pils so I used a pound of it. Beer came out great! I tried to go even more extreme but it wasn't as good, so the recipe above is the original recipe. It is dry hopped on a massive 3oz of Citra whole cones for ten days (and after I posted that as a review on Midwest they made a recipe doing it!). Its extravagant passion fruit and melon scent overpowers even the strongest of nostrils. Its bitterness is overshadowed by aromas and tastes more like a pale ale than an IPA. Best beer I have ever made.

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