'Double Citra SMaSH' - DIPA

Born on April 20th 2010

'Double Citra SMaSH' DIPA is the latest to join our SMaSH beer series and is coming to the taps Tuesday April 20th 2010 at 5:00pm just in time for Hoppy Tuesday (save $2 per glass on our handcrafted brews every Tuesday).

This time our Single Malt and Single Hop beer is brewed with all Citra hops and Canadian Pale Ale malt. It's mash-hopped, 1st-wort-hopped and dry-hopped with massive amounts of the new Citra cultivar (see specs below) and is calculated to 131 IBU's. Reminiscent of 5-alive on 'roids you're all gonna want to get down to the pub to try it on for size before it disappears.

Vital Stats:
Gravity - 17P/1.070
FG (for the idiot that won't beLiEve) -  3.5P/1.014
IBU's - 100+ (131 Calculated)
Hop Rate - 5 lbs/bbl
ABV - 7.5 %
Colour ~ 9.0 SRM
Malt - Pale Ale
Hops - Citra

For colour comparison here's a shot of the Double Citra SMaSH wort before and after a wee simmerin'.....

Citra is a hybrid of a number of different hops.  The breakdown is as follows:
50% Hallertauer Mittelfrüh
25% U.S. Tettnanger
25% East Kent Golding, Bavarian, Brewers Gold, and other unknown hops.

Citra™, HBC 394

Citra™ is a special aroma hop variety developed by the Hop Breeding Company (a joint venture between John I. Haas, Inc. and Select Botanicals Group, LLC).   It was released in 2007.  Citra™  has fairly high alpha acids and total oil contents with a low percentage of cohumulone content. The variety imparts interesting citrus and tropical fruit characters to beer.

Yield (kilos per hectare)	1600-1800
Yield (lbs per acre)	1400-1600
Alpha Acids	11-13
Beta Acids	3.5-4.5
Alpha-Beta Ratio	2.9-3.1
Cohumulone (% of alpha acids):	22-24%
Total Oils (Mls. per 100 grams dried hops)	2.2-2.8
Myrcene (as % of total oils)	60-65%
Caryophyllene (as % of total oils)	6-8%
Humulene (as % of total oils)	11-13%
Farnesene (as % of total oils)	0%
Storage (% alpha acids remaining after 6 months storage at 20° C)	75%
Possible Substitutions	Unknown