jmulligan
Well-Known Member
I put together BierMuncher's Sterling Gold this weekend (5 or 5.5 gallon, not 11).
7 lbs Pilsner (used an extra pound as insurance against uncertain efficiency)
0.75 lbs rye malt
0.50 lbs carapils
0.50 lbs crystal 10L
0.50 lbs rice hulls
0.33 oz coriander seeds (uncrushed) @ 10
0.33 oz bitter orange peel @ 10
1 tsp black peppercorns @ 10
1.0 oz of Sterling pellets (did not have on-site to boil; added hop "tea" later)
It's been in primary for 5 days, down to 1.010, will rack to secondary in 3 more days.
I tasted it, and while I definitely get hints of the coriander and pepper, I am not tasting much orange. I also f*cked up the hop addition (basically forgot them, and had to boil them in water and add that to the primary later).
My main question is just about the orange flavor. I still have some bitter orange peel left. Should I boil some of that and add the "tea" to the secondary? Or should I just leave this alone for now and wait it out?
Thanks!
7 lbs Pilsner (used an extra pound as insurance against uncertain efficiency)
0.75 lbs rye malt
0.50 lbs carapils
0.50 lbs crystal 10L
0.50 lbs rice hulls
0.33 oz coriander seeds (uncrushed) @ 10
0.33 oz bitter orange peel @ 10
1 tsp black peppercorns @ 10
1.0 oz of Sterling pellets (did not have on-site to boil; added hop "tea" later)
It's been in primary for 5 days, down to 1.010, will rack to secondary in 3 more days.
I tasted it, and while I definitely get hints of the coriander and pepper, I am not tasting much orange. I also f*cked up the hop addition (basically forgot them, and had to boil them in water and add that to the primary later).
My main question is just about the orange flavor. I still have some bitter orange peel left. Should I boil some of that and add the "tea" to the secondary? Or should I just leave this alone for now and wait it out?
Thanks!