Orange Heffe

[puravida286]

I am planning on brewing a heffeweizen in a few days. I was going to use a standard heffe recipe (5 lbs wheat lme, 1 lb light lme, 1oz hallertau, 1oz cascade) but I want it to have just a hint of orange flavor. Should I throw a bunch of fresh orange slices right in the fermenter? Or is there a more efficient/less messy way of adding some citrus flavor.

 

[Jekster]

Just zest an orange (take the orange skin off but not deep into the white) with a cheese grater. Then add that at flame out and you should get a nice zip of orange in the nose. If you want orange flavor, I would say just add a slice of orange to your cold beer. Although some would see this as sac-relig

 

[puravida286]

I want a little more flavor than just the orange zest. Would adding some OJ to the secondary work? Or is fresh fruit/puree the best way to go?

 

[paranode]

You could also try sweet orange peel, it is available at most brew shops. They usually sell by the ounce and recommend 1/2oz near the end of the boil. You could just dump the whole ounce in.

 

[Brewpastor]

OJ will ferment and give it a nasty flavor. Sweet orange peel is a good call or look at some extracts at the grocery store, in the spice section. That will give you the baby asprin orange flavor. You can sweat oranges in a container with grain alcohol and make your own essence or you could add a health dose of triple sec.

 

[Kayos]

Here is what I recommend....no LME, just do 6 lbs. wheat DME with 1oz hallertau at 60. This makes a better tasting and lighter colored hefe. Second, use a good liquid yeast WP300 or Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan. Then add one of these flavorings to the bottling bucket:

http://morebeer.com/view_product/16745/102194

they come in cherry, apricot, peach, raspberry, boysenberry, cranberry, or blueberry. Unfortunatley , no orange for you though.

If it has to be orange, I would do the sweet orange peel:
http://morebeer.com/view_product/15601/

but it may be a little of a "thick" orange flavor. It compares to grand marnier.

 

[smoke76]

I just bottled my Orange Heffe. I pealed 6 oranges and added them at the last 15 min of the boil. I then too and sliced the 6 oranges and added them to my primary. I did this before I was told about the white skin being bitter. When I racked to my secondary I pulled the orange slices out.

I tasted it tonight and it tasted ok but I think I might just brew it and add an extract at bottleing next time. I'll let you know in 3 weeks!!

 

[FSR402]

Look at my recipes, yeah, it's the only one I have posted thus far. I will post more one of these days.
Thinking about adding my Strawberry Heffe to it. All weekend a few of my buddies were giving me crap for not bringing any of it to our camping trip. They really wanted more of it.

 

[Southwood]

I've had good results adding orange zest at flameout.

As an aside, has anyone used the cranberry extract flavoring from Kayos' link above?

 

[JavaBeans]

I want a little more flavor than just the orange zest. Would adding some OJ to the secondary work? Or is fresh fruit/puree the best way to go?

I used the zest of 2 lemons in the boil for 60 minutes, and the zest of 3 lemons in secondary in a wheat, and it had a ton of lemon flavor. I would stick with the zest, and not use as much as I did. It was good, but a little overpowering. I'm planning on trying it with orange zest in an IPA next.