Mixed-Style Beer Orange Kolsch (AG/EX)

jimbohlia said:

I brewed the 11 gallon all-grain batch of this and after 3 weeks in the fermenter the samples I have pulled taste very blah - watered down and generally not good.
Has anyone else experienced this? Does the flavor wake up with some carbonation? I may end up adding some more orange peel and coriander to see if that helps.

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jimbohlia said:

Thought I would field my own question I asked earlier and say that adding an extra ounce of orange (half sweet half bitter) and another .2 oz of coriander definitely made the difference and woke this beer up. I'm actually really looking forward to drinking this now.

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MrFeltimo said:

Did you add to Primary or secondary, Keg?
How long until it "woke it up"?

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jimbohlia said:

I added it to the secondary after boiling in a cup of water and the results were pretty much immediate. I usually don't go for beers with such a subtle flavor character as this so that might be part of why I thought it tasted watered down. But yeah, it had much more character after adding the extra Orange and coriander.

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Tom13a said:

I’m new to kegging, if I’m cold crashing this for a month in a keg are you putting co2 to it? Just want to do this right. Sounds like a great recipe

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