Do i transfer the orange peels to the primary?

[tweakerlime]

Just cooked up a Witbier kit that has orange peel and coriander. Should I avoid transferring them into the primary, or should they stay?

 

[dfc]

I did a spice ale that had orange peel in it and I transferred it to primary. When I went to rack the beer to my bottling bucket the orange peel kept clogging my siphon.

I recommend not transferring orange peel to primary.

 

[hough77]

Just got done putting my Whitbier in the primary, I strained the Wort as it went into the primary.

 

[kyle6286]

Just made a Belgian wheat two weeks ago and I had the same question. I didn't have any muslin bags at the time, besides the one for the grains, so the only option I had was to put them directly in the boil. I tried the whirlpool method before racking to primary and that didn't work so I just siphoned as much wort as I could into the primary while trying to avoid sucking up any orange peel. I will be bottling it this week so hopefully everything tastes good. Next time I will definitely have extra steeping bags accessible.

 

[g-love]

I'm sure you're going to get different answers here depending on personal taste. I made one a couple months ago and let the peel go into my fermenter. My wife and I both feel like the beer is a little bitter, as if you were actually eating a bit of the peel itself when you drink it. I think next time I'll leave it out.

 

[hough77]

I was told by my LBHS that putting oranges and lemons in the primary can cause the beer to taste somewhat like a "cleaning agent". Don't know how true that is.

 

[onipar]

We just bottled a Belgian White, and when we did the boil, we put our orange peel and coriander in muslin bags. We let it go with the boil for around 20-25 minutes, then simply removed them.

I just tasted a bottle (still green, only a week in), but I'm not detecting a very strong flavor from the spices. But then, we also only used half an ounce of each, which is more likely the reason. That or it needs to age more.

 

[tweakerlime]

Well, my brew buddy got impatient and dumped it all into the primary, so we stuck with it in. I guess I will remove the peels when racking to my secondary, but I don't know if this will do anything.

 

[nos33]

i put everything in my primary when i made a belgian white. tastes great. no issues with plugging up siphon either. maybe because it all sank to the bottom

 

[hough77]

Well, my brew buddy got impatient and dumped it all into the primary, so we stuck with it in. I guess I will remove the peels when racking to my secondary, but I don't know if this will do anything.

With the Belgian whit, I read numerous times to leave it in the primary the whole time, it is supposed to look cloudy looking.

 

[tweakerlime]

With the Belgian whit, I read numerous times to leave it in the primary the whole time, it is supposed to look cloudy looking.

Good point. I just hope they don't contribute to an unwanted bitter taste as somebody mentioned above, which is why I was considering a secondary.