How much orange peel?

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Cazamodo

How much orange peel?

Post by Cazamodo » Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:01 am

Just a silly question really.

I'm planning on brewing the second batch of Wit beer after the first went down so well, and that was a lemon and lime WIT with 25g crushed coriander and 25g lime/lemon peel in 5 mins of the boil.

Now I've got a bag of dried bitter orange peel from The Malt Miller and I'm going to make a second batch exactly the same but want to use orange rather than lime. Should I just go for 25g of orange peel?

Fido97

Re: How much orange peel?

Post by Fido97 » Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:59 pm

I recently did a Belgian Wit (23l) and threw in 40g of citrus zest (used a mixture of lime, orange and lemon) plus 25g corriander. Turned out pretty well - one for the ladies possibly. I would have thought actual peel would have less effect than zest as its less dispersed/lower surface area? However if its dried then its concentrated so that may counter the effect. Personally I might be inclined to use the same weight as you did before, possibly reduce slightly - it would be a shame to overpower the beer so it tastes like a Pina Colada or something evil like that.

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