Citrusy IPA with lemon juice added?

[spiny_norman]

I'm going to do an IPA with Nelson and Sorachi Ace. Somehow I have acquired a large bag of lemons, and was toying with the idea of squeezing the juice of half a dozen lemons into the boil kettle. Anyone done this? Am I setting myself up for disappointment?

 

[jtupper]

I did a lemon blonde ale using the zest of three lemons for a 5G. Added in secondary. It turned out quite nice and scored a 34/50 in comp. Iv never used juice. I'd probably zest em and use the rest to make lemonade.

 

[mewithstewpid]

Agree about the zest

 

[drkaeppel]

I also agree that a secondary or flame-out addition of zest would work well.

 

[dale1038]

I can't wait to do my nelson sorachi ipa. I wouldn't do it to that beer, but if I did I would do zest at 5 minutes.

 

[usfmikeb]

Go with the zest, the juice might cause ph issues for the yeast.

 

[dale1038]

I did a lemon blonde ale using the zest of three lemons for a 5G. Added in secondary. It turned out quite nice and scored a 34/50 in comp. Iv never used juice. I'd probably zest em and use the rest to make lemonade.

The secondary would be good because you could taste it before you added.