I am going to use bitter orange peel in a Wit beer tomorrow. Is there anything special that needs to be done with the bitter orange before adding it to the boil? Something like soaking it is water beforehand?
Thanks.
Bitter Orange
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Re: Bitter Orange
I brewed my first Wit a few months ago. I left the bitter orange in the carboy fermenter (I used single stage). There was some serious blow off (it took a week and a half for the primary to calm down) but the result was a very pretty orange brew with strong but not overpowering orange flavor. If you like stronger flavoring, I recommend it. The boil should take care of the sanitizing. Use some sort of bag for the coriander to keep those little buggers out of your siphon if you do it this way.
My Wit didn't have the haze you would expect from a 50/50 wheat. Any ideas why?
My Wit didn't have the haze you would expect from a 50/50 wheat. Any ideas why?
Re: Bitter Orange
Use some torrified, or unmalted wheat, next time. That should give you the starch haze associated with wits. You could also throw a tbs of flour into the boil.
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Re: Bitter Orange
You can also cheat and just add a little simple flour (the beer is "white" because these is some unconverted starch in it).
Remember, brewers make wort, only yeast make beer