Citrus in secondary

[jsmay_]

I'm putting together a large batch of something like a summer session ale with citrus zest in secondary. Even for smaller batches, zesting all of this citrus takes quite a long time.
Do any of you have experience with zesting large quantities of citrus? Any suggestions for method or equipment?
Thanks for any ideas everyone!

 

[Steveruch]

I'm putting together a large batch of something like a summer session ale with citrus zest in secondary. Even for smaller batches, zesting all of this citrus takes quite a long time.
Do any of you have experience with zesting large quantities of citrus? Any suggestions for method or equipment?
Thanks for any ideas everyone!

You don't really need a huge amount of citrus zest for what you're doing. I use the zest of two large lemons in a three gallon batch of my lemon-rosemary blonde ale.
Start out lightly, you can always add more.