Lemon Ale?

[BigRob90]

I'm thinking about a couple beers I want to brew for this summer and I thought maybe a Blonde Lemon ale or lager would be good. Problem is; I don't know how to get that lemon flavor. What would you suggest?

Adding Lemon juice/zest to the primary or secondary?

Fermenting the beer on actual lemons in the secondary?

Is there anything I can add to the boil that would give it that refreshing lemon flavor? I'm thinking not but maybe there's something I forgot about?

Any ideas or techniques you could offer me would be great, cheers!

 

[wailingguitar]

I have had only one lemon beer, it was at a McMennamin's a LONG time ago. The brewer was zesting the lemons straight into the kettle over the last 15 minutes of the boil. The base beer as an American-style wheat, which I normally despise... it was delicious!

 

[Seven]

One tip would be to use Sorachi Ace hops. They have lemon flavor/aroma.

 

[Ninoid]

Do I can use lemon juice syrup from local store for getting lemon flavor?
For example, use 1L of this syrup instead of simple sugar to end of boiling?

 

[catdaddy66]

I had a very good pale ale once that used citra and lemongrass that was a great tasting beer. Very lemony.

 

[GPP33]

I do a hefe that uses a hop called lemon drop that leaves just a hint of lemon on your lips.

 

[Jtk78]

I did a wheat beer last year that I added lemon zest at flameout and one bottle of Simply Lemonade 5 days after pitch.

I did another with lime zest and Simply Limeade. Both were real crowd pleasers.

 

[GPP33]

A full half gallon of lemonade/limeade? I assume it fermented out?

 

[Jtk78]

A full half gallon of lemonade/limeade? I assume it fermented out?

It did kick off again and ferment out, but the intended flavor stayed behind. I got the idea from this post:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/lemon-lime-hefe-weizen.255659/

 

[Leezer]

I made that lemon lime hefe last summer, just bought the ingredients to make it again.

 

[universalfrost]

I've used lime juice from the grocery store for my try at the dogfish head seaquench ale recipe...

Kinda sorta worked, but I ended up using whole limes and lime zest on the next batch and got the intended results that I couldn't get with just lime juice....

Your results might be different, but I will stick to the real deal from here on out.