Brewing my summer beer

[skipfab74]

Brewing Midwest's Boundary Waters Wheat for the summer. Was thinking I wanted to infuse a hint of orange into it. What's the best way to accomplish this?

 

[Calder]

Zest in the boil, or zest in a little vodka, then added to the fermenter or bottling bucket. The vodka sanitizes it and the high alcohol will help extract the oils.

 

[skipfab74]

Yeah, I've read zest in the boil. At what point?

 

[Cyclman]

Zest in Grand Marnier, added after fermentation is mostly done.

 

[smokinj]

I like to add zest from a few oranges with 10 minutes left in the boil.

 

[lumpher]

Yeah, I've read zest in the boil. At what point?

last 15 minutes

 

[Johnnyhamer]

Ever squeeze any of the juice in your boil with the zest?

 

[Transamguy77]

last 15 minutes

+1 and I used the zest of 4 large navel oranges. Was a nice orange flavor. Oh I left in the zest in for all of primary.

Edit: I have added the juice and racked the beer on top of it with multiple summer/wheat beers.

 

[Johnnyhamer]

Thanks for the info. Wasn't sure how much to use. Like all homebrewing questions there's a lot of different answers.

 

[skipfab74]

Great input! Thanks all!!!