American Citra Special

Yield
16
Cooking Time
No time specified

Ingredients

  • 8 oz light crystal malt
  • 1 packet American ale WY yeast 1056
  • 5 gal water
  • 6 lb pale liquid malt extract
  • 1 oz amarillo
  • 1 lb pale dry malt extract
  • 1 tsp protofloc
  • 4 oz citra
  • 8 oz carapils

Instructions

  1. Original Gravity: 1045, Target Final Gravity: 1010, Target ABV 4.5%
  2. Remove the yeast from the fridge to let it reach room temperature.
  3. Bring 1 gallon of water to about 165 °F.
  4. Slowly stir in the crystal grains and let steep at between 148 and 154 °F. Hold at this temperature for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
  5. In a separate large pot, bring the rest of the water to a boil. Remove the grains from your brew pot, then add the boiling water and stir in the liquid extract, dry extract and the carapills.
  6. When it reaches a boil add a half oz of Citra. In 45 minutes add in another 1.5 oz of Citra and the teaspoon of Protofloc. In 14 more minutes, add another ounce of Citra and an ounce of Amarillo. In one more minute, remove from heat and chill.
  7. Add yeast and aerate by pouring the brew back and forth between the kettle and the fermentation bucket until you get a good froth.
  8. Ferment at 68 °F. In 5 - 7 days, add in 1 oz of Citra hops. Continue to ferment for 7 to 10 days before bottling.