I was planning a black/cascadian dark ipa this week, but citra was sold out when I after I placed my order. Just wondering what people's main substitute for citra would be. The other hops I'm using are simcoe and amarillo.
I'd say there's no actual substitute for Citra. But your Simcoe and Amarillo will produce something equally as good.
Personally, I'm getting sick of Citra. I used to love it, but it's everywhere these days, in home brewed and commercial beers.
Better look out, I have 250g of it to use up in the next few months ;) Mozaic could be interesting, but it's so good on its own that it probably wouldn't work with the others in that recipe.
Ha-ha! Bring it on! :D
I thought that last years Citra was disappointing compared to the previous years, but that might be my storage conditions. I stashed a load of them in the freezer for a long time.
Anyway, 250g?? Should be just enough to make a nice lightly hopped pale ale........ ;) 8) >:D
I might just use the amarillo and simcoe in that case. I've 500g of amarillo to get through. I might try it with some mosaic. The hbc were down in Cork last weekend and had a freezer full of 2014 crop hops for 4 each, so I picked up some with no idea what to brew with them.
Quote from: Bubbles on July 07, 2015, 01:22:06 PM
Ha-ha! Bring it on! :D
I thought that last years Citra was disappointing compared to the previous years, but that might be my storage conditions. I stashed a load of them in the freezer for a long time.
Anyway, 250g?? Should be just enough to make a nice lightly hopped pale ale........ ;) 8) >:D
What can I say, I took your more hops comments to heart ;) Going to make a west coast style IPA - 50/50 pilsner/pale ale malt, some munich and a boatload of late hops :)
Quote from: Bubbles on July 07, 2015, 01:16:19 PM
I'd say there's no actual substitute for Citra. But your Simcoe and Amarillo will produce something equally as good.
Personally, I'm getting sick of Citra. I used to love it, but it's everywhere these days, in home brewed and commercial beers.
Citra & Mosaic seem to be the only tropical hops in abundance. Galaxy, simcoe, amarillo etc all very very limited. Hop contracts arent worth the paper they're printed on.
While we're on the subject of substitution is there anything that can be substituted for Hull Melon? Had a PA there with it that was gorgeous and would love to clone it.
I've used this a bit
https://www.hopunion.com/aroma-wheel/?aroma=Fruity
Ive never seen Cashmere though, what about the new varieties some of the HBS are offering?
Ha Ha I just realised you weren't trying for the taste of the Hull of Melon but the Hop Variety, Huell Melon
http://www.baywa.eu/fileadmin/media/relaunch/Downloads/.EU/Hopfenvertrieb/081358_Agrar_Flyer_HuellMelon_EN_A4_lay3.pdf