Infused Water wort?

[ChubbyBunnyBrew]

I'm new to brewing but I've always had the thought of using Infused water (two main candidates being lemon and cucumber) for the wort instead of regular water to add different flavors. Is this something that would work, would it be boiled off or overpowered? Or is it just something i should do in the Secondary Fermentation.

 

[Captain Damage]

It would work, but as you suggest much of the aroma would likely be boiled off. A better option would be to make a vodka infusion/extract from the lemon zest or cucumber and add that at bottling. You can experiment with how much to add at that time.