Woodland
Well-Known Member
I went to my LHBS today and browsed the selection of ale kits. I ended up coming home with the Brewers Best Summer Ale kit. It contains dried orange and lemon peel. The directions are always generic with those kits and this kit is no different, no instructions as to the how and when to add the dried peel. The person at the store suggested washing the mesh grain bag and reusing it for the peel and adding it at the last 15 minutes of the boil. I've also heard of people adding it to the secondary. Thoughts anyone? For the record I'll be using the White Labs California Ale yeast I harvested from the last batch. This will be my third Brewers Best kit with great results from the first two. Someday I'll grow up and start working with different recipes, but the kits are fine for now until I'm comfortable with the mechanics of brewing.