Fruit in Beer

[anthonyb15fd]

Im thinking about making some beer with an orange flavor. I know I should use the zest of the orange at flameout or at the last 5 minutes of boil, but can I then cut the orange up and put it in with the wort while it ferments..? will that contaiminate the wort..? Just wondering..

 

[brrman]

I made a mandarin stout a while back and simply took the zest of 3 mandarins (this was a 1 gallon experimental batch) and put it into the secondary. It came out fantastic - so fantastic that I am taking 5 of the 10 gallons of stout I just brewed last weekend and making it the mandarin version. Will need more mandarins this time of course

 

[Chudz]

I made the Orange Hefeweizen recipe from "Extreme Brewing" using Navel Oranges. I put the zest and four cut-up oranges into a pot and heated it at 150 for the required time, so it killed any nasties. Then I added it to the fermenter before I pitched the yeast. It turned out great!

 

[anthonyb15fd]

Hey Thanks,
What was the required time...

 

[Chudz]

For that recipe it was like 160 degrees for 20 mins or so. I checked and corrected that from what I posted earlier.