My Cryo Hopped IPA tastes like Apricot?!

[pvpeacock]

I thought I would try out the new Cryo Hops on an IPA. I used 1 oz. of Apollo at 60 minutes for bittering, then used 2 oz. of Citra pellet hops at 5 minutes and 1 oz. of Citra Cryo Hops at flame out and let it sit for 15 minutes. I then dry hopped with 1 oz f Citra Cryo hops on day 3 of fermentation and another 1 oz of Citra Cryo hops on day 7 of fermentation. I fermented with S-04 starting at 65 degrees and began ramping it up to 72 degrees after day 3. After cold crashing it, I kegged it and let it naturally carbonate in the keg for 10 days before putting it in my kegerator. It came out good, but has a very strong apricot flavor. In the past, my Citra IPA's had much more of a grapefruit or citrus flavor, definitely not an apricot flavor. Anyone else experience apricot flavors when using Citra hops or with Citra Cryo hops?

 

[Brian O’Donnell]

I thought I would try out the new Cryo Hops on an IPA. I used 1 oz. of Apollo at 60 minutes for bittering, then used 2 oz. of Citra pellet hops at 5 minutes and 1 oz. of Citra Cryo Hops at flame out and let it sit for 15 minutes. I then dry hopped with 1 oz f Citra Cryo hops on day 3 of fermentation and another 1 oz of Citra Cryo hops on day 7 of fermentation. I fermented with S-04 starting at 65 degrees and began ramping it up to 72 degrees after day 3. After cold crashing it, I kegged it and let it naturally carbonate in the keg for 10 days before putting it in my kegerator. It came out good, but has a very strong apricot flavor. In the past, my Citra IPA's had much more of a grapefruit or citrus flavor, definitely not an apricot flavor. Anyone else experience apricot flavors when using Citra hops or with Citra Cryo hops?

My next batch is going to be a double red ipa, which I’m going to use Citra cryo hops only. I’ll see if I experience the same and let you know.

Did you enjoy it?

 

[Jtk78]

I just made one with cyro citra and mosaic, 1oz each for a 20 minute whirlpool starting at 175F and 1oz each dry hop for 5 days. It also had 2oz of regular Centennial boiled for 20 minutes. It was a great beer and the keg only lasted about 3 weeks. I didn't get any apricot out of it though.

 

[GPP33]

I’ve used cryo hops in both the Mosaic and Citra varieties and have yet to get an apricot flavor, not sure what to tell you.

 

[aprichman]

BIOTRANSFORMATION!

Lol just kidding not sure what happened but I do find cryo hops to be a little different in aroma and flavor.