Citra Golden Ale… again

Golden Citra

An unplanned brew day at short notice, I decided to use the hops I had on hand. So again it’s the Citra Golden Ale. And tomorrow guess what, the same brew, but maybe with some Motueka.

Specs
OG: 1.052
FG: 1.008
ABV: 5.8
IBU: 38
Colour: 10.6 EBC

Malt
4.8kg Gladfield American Ale Malt
0.2kg Gladfield Gladiator Malt
0.2kg Gladfield Light Crystal

Hops
25g Citra @ 60 min
25g Citra @ 5 min
25g Citra @ 0 min
60g Citra Dry Hop day 7

Yeast
2 x US05

Brew Day

Fermentation
12 days @ 18c
2 days @ 20c
2 days @ 2c
Gelatine added when temp hit 2%

Tasting Notes

Brew Day Notes
Brewday: 24 September 2020
Mashed in with 17 litres, sparged with 15
1.074 after mshout
1.046 post sparge, 27 litres
Preboil 1.046 just over 27 litres
23 litres post boil, 21.5 to fermenter @ 1.054

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About Dene McDonald

Home brewer just tying to make the best beer I can with limited resources. I'm a sucker for a dark beer, and believe deep down that sours are just beers gone wrong - you can't trick me into drinking off beer.

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