What Do Citra Hops Taste Like? SMaSH Beer Experiment
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2019
- Evaluating a CITRA SMASH beer this week.
Our journey continues down the SMASH beer hop exploration with this week's CITRA SMASH beer.
This is such a popular hop, we were surprised we hadn't hit it yet in the list. The beer had great hints of grapefruit, orange and citrus peel; as the name would imply. Mike also pulled out some hints of grape or berries which we later in the video ascribe to reports of passionfruit in the flavor profile.
The flavor character was more pronounced than the aroma at first, but this is likely just an application issue. More late hopping would favor more aroma obviously.
Love Citra? Tell us about your experience with Citra. Is it a great standalone hop for you?
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I just did my second batch of citra smash and a galaxy smash, love a good smash beer, love these videos! Keep up the good work fellas cheers!
Thanks! Galaxy + Citra is a great combination - Brew on! - John
Hey Brew Dudes! Thanks again for another fun and informative video. Just killed my second keg of a MACE NEIPA I concocted based on some of your videos, including the SMASH series on those four great hops: Mosaic, Azacca. Citra, and Eukanot. Can't thank you guys enough for helping me to develop my own hoppy orchestra! I have to say in that particular combination (and in the way I used them), that the pine, citrus peel, and tropical notes were all outstanding and well balanced. Some of the secondary notes which you guys have pointed out (such as green pepper, grape skin, and berry flavors) were completely masked (for better or worse depending upon your taste). Been busy foraging for the woods of Michigan's UP for ingredients to use in future brews. I'd like to send in some samples for you guys to try eventually.....cheers!
Thanks diverbob33 - We appreciate your continued support! - John
Currently brewing an organic citra pilsner. Like the crispness of pilsners but I wanted to try a hop that would impart more of a citrusy profile.
Great video guys, your experience sounds very similar to mine. Citra by itself felt very one dimensional - so much so I ended up adding Galaxy to my Citra SMaSH in the keg. Love your no-nonsense approach to UA-cam 👍🏻
Thanks Alex!
Great video guys. Thx!
Thanks Dennis!
Thinking outside the box I made a juniper mead and dry hopped with citra. It worked really well and I am going to try a beer with the same concept. I think you guys are totally right and it is a very strong supporting player.
Thanks - the mead sounds tremendous. Brew on! -John
Cool video guys. Have been following you for 4 years now. Doesn't get old. Keep up the good work :) I would love to see a video similar to the Citra vs Mosaic from last week but with Galaxy and Vic Secret! Or a "What do Enigma Hops taste like?" video? Would be amazing. Cheers from Germany :)
Thanks - it's a great idea to compare the two. We will do more SMaSH comparisons and more interesting hops. I have Enigma on my list. Brew on! - John
@@BrewDudes awesome! looking forward to it.
I love these smash videos, when you bottle conditioning is how long do you let them sit before putting them in the refrigerator?
At least 10 days when I was bottling them. Thanks to PicoBrew, I have two 1.75 gallon kegs to force carbonate the beer, which is sweet because it means I can get them ready for videos faster. 10 days was the minimum number of days - the bottles would need to be in a warm room for them to be ready in that amount of time. Most times, it took 14 days. - John
Citra is awesome. Cheers!
Cheers!
Have you guys done a centennial smash? I know the beautiful Two Hearted is made with Centennial as the only hop. I get lots of grapefruit from that beer.
Not yet. It may make an interesting one to compare with the other "C" hops to understand the difference first hand. - John
I did a pale ale with Citra and Amarillo. My freinds were you need to do this again. It was the nose they all loved.
Those two hops certainly ride well together. Cheers! -Mike
Last month, we did a SMASH beer comp at our local brew club. The first place was a Maris Otter - Citra in a NEIPA style and the second place was a Maris Otter - Citra in Pale Ale style. This hop is by far a crowd pleaser. The Galaxy hop SMASH beers were with Munich malt, so were overpowered by the malts and didn't get as much votes. Agree, if there was a Galaxy/Maris Otter SMASH, it would have been a closer comparison.
True. Having a comparison is very helpful. - John
Hey Mike, I see the last straw beer gun seating there. How's it working for you? I'm planning to get one....or do you have a video of you showing how to use it?
I'd tap the breaks on the last straw. I used it months ago and hated it. Went back and forth with NB on what the problem may be and never got a good answer. In my house I refer to it as the decarbonator. If you have beer in kegs that's nicely carbonated and you want to bottle some flat beer... the Last Straw is your tool. Seriously though I have a couple beers in kegs that I plan to bottle soon. So I'm going to do more testing, if it works out I'll do a video about my experience with it soon. Good luck. -Mike
@@BrewDudes yeah I'm really interested to here more about this, i keep flaking on sending bottles to friends because i cant pass up the convenience of kegging and have considered getting something similar.
Makes an amazing hazy Pale with wheat. Lookup 'Dat Juice'. So good.
Will do! Thanks - John
BTW, have you guys tried a SMASH with Nelson Sauvin yet? Seemed to be a very hot hop some years ago, but you don't hear any more about them. Maybe they just got lost in the hop avalanche of recent years?
We brewed with them before - just haven't brewed a SMaSH and done the thing. I will add it to the list.
Fascinating as ever guys, thanks. I suggestion if i May. When it comes to the 'sniff test' rather than drawing air through 'snoring organ' at supersonic velocity, (LOL!) try being more gentle / slower. It seemed to improve the way I smell things (beer). Maybe the slower speed enables more sensors to work??? Suggestion offered in the kindest way - cheers guys :)
We'll take it. Appreciate the tip. - John
Slower inhale allows for higher concentrations of aromas = more to smell!
i did an all citra neipa and my god its up there with the greats
Amazing. I wonder if its our differences in taste or the batch of Citra. I know I've had commercial beers that were all Citra and really enjoyed them. I've also had some that were so/so to poor. So I really think its a lot to lot difference with the hops. -Mike
@@BrewDudes mayb so my batch was a 12.9% alpha from 2018 and i used over 2kg to 1 hectolitre so mayb with the other suggested hops i could save money by reducing the amount of hop but even so the beer is fantastic and as good as any commercial i have tasted
when you pop the cap on your own beer and pour it in the glass and take a drink and you can picture the beer from a leading brewery you know its a good beer
i get passionfruit first and peaches second from citra. and just generally "juicy", it heightens the juiciness of everything it is in comparison with
Thanks - appreciate the comment! - John
An interesting experiment might be three batches of the same hop from three different sources.
Yes - if only to confirm that there is a difference. How big? We'll see. - John
I smashed it, dudes!
Thank you! I can tell the young guys at work I know what's up. They won't believe me. - John
waiting for the sabro hops. i keep hearing how theyre coconut i gotta know if its true lol
Sabro hop SMaSH is in the keg right now - John
If you had to pick one smash that you had to drink for the rest of your life what would it be?
Galaxy - John
Passion fruit wheat beer. Now you're speaking my language.
Yeah. I've been thinking about that comment of mine since I edited the video. We will see. A 2-4 ounce late boil charge of Citra. Add Passion fruit puree late in the ferment. Then dry hop with more Citra... WLP400 witbier. Maybe that one will come to light. -Mike
@@BrewDudes sounds like a good experiment batch!
You HAVE to do Sabro for a smash.
It's on my list - I think I have a packet in my beer fridge right now. - John
What’s up with that 10% stout on the board behind you??!!!
Its good! Its waiting to get transferred to bottles soon. Check out our Jan9th video for a review.
ua-cam.com/video/5WQE6VEfzpI/v-deo.html
citra is something different from the hops I tried. It gave my beer some fruity taste
Excellent. Thanks for the comment. - John
ok so do you guys like it or not,i feel like i am watching guys comment on wine
Why would you complain about tasting notes when watching a tasting video wtf?
::cringe::
@@dreess8085 why are you cringing?
We like it - we're trying to understand more about it and how we would use it in our beers. Not whining, we're trying our best to pass along information you can use too.