adding orange juice at the beginning of fermentation

breweRN · Jan 11, 2012

hey guys and gals. I'm glad to say that i am just starting out this wonderful hobby..

question:
can i squeeze the juice from an orange directly into the fermenter at the beginning of fermentation? I'm not using a secondary.

thanks.

Fritobandito · Jan 11, 2012

Yes, you can do that.

breweRN · Jan 11, 2012

thanks!

gregpio85 · Jan 11, 2012

You're better off squeezing it in after your primary fermentation is over. You don't have to transfer, but wait until all your grain sugars are fermented, then add the orange juice.

There's about 1,000 pages on HBT documenting the advantages of fermenting fruit after primary fermentation is over.

Sippin37 · Jan 11, 2012

gregpio85 said:
You're better off squeezing it in after your primary fermentation is over. You don't have to transfer, but wait until all your grain sugars are fermented, then add the orange juice.

There's about 1,000 pages on HBT documenting the advantages of fermenting fruit after primary fermentation is over.

+1 let fermentation finish then add orange juice to primary or even at bottling if you want the flavor to come through. Enjoy!

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