Just stumbled across this thread while looking for a recipe for a lighter beer and Amarillo hops, I like the look of the original recipe and will have a bit of a play with it and post what I come up with. I've also got a bag of Citra in the freezer so might brew two of them and do one with each variety just for comparison sake. We're coming into summer here so I need some nice easy drinking beers for the warm days!
*edit* here's what I came up with, I'm doing a bastardised BIAB/cooler method and only brewing in 12 litre batches as A. that is as much as my pot can handle, and B. it gives me more experience without having to consume 20L of beer for each experiment.
http://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/amarillo-blonde-6
OG: 1.051, FG: 1.015, 28 IBU, 5 SRM, 4.7% ABV
2.4kg Pale Ale malt 81%
280g Vienna 9%
280g Caramel 10L 9%
8g Pacific Jade 13.1% @60min
10g Amarillo 8.2% @10min
10g Amarillo @2min
US-05
My wife and I both like our beers hoppy, but I'm not sure if in this case the two later additions will be too much for this kind of beer? It seems mild compared to the last few I've brewed, but they've all be 6%+ IPAs...
The Citra are a bit stronger at 13.5%AA, so I think I'll knock the bittering addition back to 6g to keep it at 28IBU. I'm using the Pacific Jade for bittering simply because they're there, and it seems like a waste to put Amarillo in that early in the boil!