Blood Orange Hefeweizen

[craig_reed]

I used Tangelo oranges where are half orange/half grapefruit. It has been 10 days in my primary fermenter, and am thinking about moving it over to a secondary for another 10 days before bottling.

My entire spare bathroom smells so good - citrus orangey aroma hits you as you open the door. Fermenting at a steady 68 degrees. I am so excited about this beer!

 

[Centexbear]

Yaaay..they're back! This time they are Australian Blood Oranges. They look at little darker on the outside and maybe a tad larger than the Chilean ones.

Bought 8 and will get this going this week.

 

[Centexbear]

Did this one last Friday. I'll report back.

 

[PJford15]

I am brewing 10 gallons of this beer as I type. Last year I did 5 gallons with Mexican Cara Cara oranges and it was a favorite. This year my wife found Australian blood oranges.

I loved this beer last year. I guess that's why I'm making 10 gallons!

 

[jamesjensen1068]

Getting ready to brew this...wondering if anyone has used Wyeast 1010 American Wheat for this recipe...if so how did you like it?

Cheers

 

[snevey]

Well, I don't believe it would be a Hefeweizen then, but instead an "American wheat" beer.

 

[Centexbear]

Bottled this one up last night. Hit the 1.010 Final Gravity target...started at 1.051.

Didn't appear quite as orange as other pics posted here but I'll let it carb in bottle for 3 weeks then sample and I'll post pics.

Tasted pretty good, excited for this to be ready!

 

[5kw3r1]

Looks gorgeous! However I have not been able to find blood oranges since I was a kid. Did you find these at your local grocery store or a specialty fruit stand?

 

[gnedge]

They're hard to find; usually only certain times of the year at places like Whole Foods and the like.

 

[nspaldi0]

Brewed this earlier this year before blood oranges went out of season. This is one great beer. I'm glad blood oranges are back in season. That half orange/half grapefruit sounds great. Please let us know how that turns out! I might give that a try!

 

[Grasslands]

I'm brewing this as a family activity on Thanksgiving...should be fun. I'm planning on using 6 oranges as I really want the citrus to come out.

 

[Centexbear]

I'm brewing this as a family activity on Thanksgiving...should be fun. I'm planning on using 6 oranges as I really want the citrus to come out.

I think I used 4 and from the sample it didn't appear to be real orangey.

 

[Grasslands]

I ended up getting just ordinary navel (sp?) oranges. We'll see how this turns out.

 

[clamflats]

why doesn t any body zest the oranges and then just use the juice from what is left?? this would eliminate any pith in problems.

 

[Grasslands]

why doesn t any body zest the oranges and then just use the juice from what is left?? this would eliminate any pith in problems.

I did a combination of both. I zested 6 navel oranges and depithed 4 of them - throwing both orange slizes and zest into the primary - squeezed the remaining two navel oranges along with the juice of 6 clementines. I'm anxious to see how this turns out. I was worried about the citrus flavor coming through, so we'll see.

My OG was 1.042.

 

[zcaad9]

will be giving this recipe a try this weekend, i cant wait

 

[hurleybrew]

Did anybody else steep any grains before hand?

My thoughts are to steep 1/2lb of light wheat and a 1/2lb of light carahell to give it more body. This wouldn't hurt it, would it?

I saw a couple people mentioned a late addition extract too. Would this be appropriate, or mess up the hops too much? I'm just trying to get a good orange color and avoid some of that LME "twang". Thoughts?

 

[jmkratt]

As soon as I can get my hands on some blood oranges I will be brewing this too!

hurley - you boiling full or partial?

 

[hurleybrew]

I've got a 5gallon pot, so I normally boil about 4gallons and then top off the rest with water in the fermenter. You?

 

[hurleybrew]

So I will be brewing this one this weekend. Going to do a late addition though. Want to keep the color light and avoid some caramelization.I plan to add 1/2 in the beginning and 1/2 at 15 minutes.

I'm also going to steep 1/2lb carahell and 1/2lb of wheat to boost the body on this sucker. I'll cut down the hops by the recommended 25%. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

 

[jtkratzer]

Picked up the ingredients for this tonight, minus the blood oranges. Looking forward to getting this one started after vacation.

 

[Chaddyb]

I brewed this one yesterday morning, with the blood oranges, I used midwests hanks hefe kit, but I changed out their hops for the reccomended ones, this morning it was bubbling away, and it smells awesome in coming out of the airlock, cant wait to try it!

 

[Gritsak]

Brewed this a couple days ago and fermented with WLP351 (Bavarian Weizen). I used 4 blood oranges total, zested about 2.5. Very strong citrus aroma coming from the airlock...smells great!

 

[zcaad9]

made this one yesterday, I read that people were reporting not so much citrus flavor so I decided to use 5 blood oranges and half a grape fruit.

I didnt realize until now that the recipe called for the zest of just 2 though lol, I used it from all 5....I think ill get some citrus flavor with all that

we'll see how it turns out in a couple of weeks

 

[zcaad9]

sorry not sure why my first 2 pics are so huge

 

[Chaddyb]

made this one yesterday, I read that people were reporting not so much citrus flavor so I decided to use 5 blood oranges and half a grape fruit.

I didnt realize until now that the recipe called for the zest of just 2 though lol, I used it from all 5....I think ill get some citrus flavor with all that

we'll see how it turns out in a couple of weeks

Ha ha, oops, I did the same thing, used 5, and zested 5, oh well . . .

 

[Gritsak]

Took a sample for gravity today...down to 1.010 and taste great, but very little flavor contribution from the oranges. I think adding these to the primary resulted in much of the flavor/aroma being eaten up or blown off during fermentation. The first day or two there was a very strong orange aroma from the airlock..this faded considerably in the past day or two.

Not sure if i should add a couple more oranges or just leave it as is...hmmm...

 

[Scut_Monkey]

Took a sample for gravity today...down to 1.010 and taste great, but very little flavor contribution from the oranges. I think adding these to the primary resulted in much of the flavor/aroma being eaten up or blown off during fermentation. The first day or two there was a very strong orange aroma from the airlock..this faded considerably in the past day or two.

Not sure if i should add a couple more oranges or just leave it as is...hmmm...

I made this beer about a year ago. I added the zests and fruit to the primary as well. The beer had very very little fruit flavor from it but did have an orange color. If I did it again I would add either the zest or the fruit to the secondary and remove just before bottling/kegging. Best of luck.

 

[Gritsak]

I made this beer about a year ago. I added the zests and fruit to the primary as well. The beer had very very little fruit flavor from it but did have an orange color. If I did it again I would add either the zest or the fruit to the secondary and remove just before bottling/kegging. Best of luck.

Thanks for the info. I'm going to cut up and zest a couple more oranges today and add them into a secondary for a few days.

 

[NerdyMarie]

I don't know ANYTHING about beer brewing - that's my husband's area - but "blood orange" caught my eye.

Would blood orange essential oil help with your brewing? I don't know how/when you'd incorporate it... but it's the oil pressed from the peels of blood oranges. Potential, delicious stuff. I use it in baking / cooking all the time. Gorgeous stuff!

I buy mine wholesale, but before I got to that point, I ordered from this person: http://stores.ebay.com/Anabells-Esc...e&_fsub=2&_sid=73489033&_trksid=p4634.c0.m409 - Her stuff is great quality!