Citra IPA
Beer
A homemade Citra IPA brew for those hot, summer days.
Ingredients
- 6 # Pale LME
- 1 # Light DME
- 8oz Carapils
- 8oz Crystal 60
- 2 oz Cascade hops (60 min)
- 1 oz Cascade hops (15 min)
- 1 oz Cascade hops (5 min)
- 1 oz Cascade dry hop @ 4 or 5 days
- 1 oz Citra Dry hop @ 7 days
- Danstar West Coast sachet
- Grain bag
- 3/4 cup priming sugar
Preparation
How to brew
Begin with 2 gallons of 160-degree water, steep grains in grain bag for 20 minutes. Remove grain bag without sparging. Bring water to a boil, remove from heat & add LME & DME. Bring to boil. Add hops according to the schedule above.
Chill wort to 70 degrees then pour into primary fermentation without hop residue. Add cool water in primary to bring volume to 5 gallons. Add yeast.
Ferment 2 weeks at 65 degrees, transfer to secondary fermentation for 1 week, prime and bottle or keg.
