Arguably the most famous of all hop varieties. Citra is a special aroma hop variety released by the Hop Breeding Company, having unique and highly favored flavour characteristics. As the name suggests, its flavour descriptors include the citrus fruits like lime and grapefruit, other fruity characteristics such as gooseberry, passion fruit & lychee, as well as numerous other tropical fruits. "Citra® brand HBC 394".
AROMA
Strong Citrus, Tropical Fruits
PEDIGREE
Hallertau Mittlefruh, US Tettnang, Brewers Gold, East Kent Golding

Alpha w/w11.0 - 13.0%Beta w/w3.5 - 4.5%Caryophyllene (of total oil)6 - 8%Cohumulone22 - 24%Farnesene (of total oil)<1%Humulene (of total oil)11 - 13%Myrcene (of total oil)60 - 65%Total Oils mls/100gm2.2 - 2.8