Citra® US Hops - Brand HBC 394

Citra® (BRAND HBC 394) has unique and highly favoured flavour characteristics. As the name suggests, its flavour descriptors include citrus including lime and grapefruit as well as other tropical fruity characters.

Form:

• Type 90 Hop Pellets - 100g | 250g | 500g | 1Kg Foils

Aroma:

Specific aroma descriptors include grapefruit, melon, lime, gooseberry, passion fruit and lychee.

Pedigree:

Developed by Hop Breeding Company and released in 2007. Citra® HBC 394 cv. features fairly high alpha acids and total oil contents with a low percentage of co-humulone. It is tolerant to downy mildew and powdery mildew with good pickability of dense, medium sized cones. Comprised of Hallertau Mittelfrüh, US Tettnang, Brewer's Gold and East Kent Golding.

Brewing Usage

• Aroma

Brewing Values

ACID/OIL RANGE LOW HIGH

• ALPHA ACID 11-15% 0 20 (Med/High)
• BETA ACID 3-4.5% 0 15 (Low)
• TOTAL OIL 1.5-3 mL/100g 0 4 (Med/High)

Typical Beer Styles

• IPA

Additional Information

Developed by the Hop Breeding Company and released in 2007. Storage Stability ~75% alpha remaining after 6 months

• Alpha Acid 11 - 15%
• Beta Acid 3 - 4.5%
• Co-humulone 20 - 24%
• Total Oil 1.5 - 3 mL/100g
• B-Pinene 0.7 - 1% of total oil
• Myrcene 60 - 70% of total oil
• Linalool 0.6 - 0.9% of total oil
• Caryophyllene 5 - 8% of total oil
• Farnesene < 1.0% of total oil
• Humulene 7 - 12% of total oil
• Geraniol0 .3 - 0.5% of total oil