No head on my witbier???

[Narrf]

My wife wanted me to make a beer that would taste like shock top. The guy at my local brew store said to purse about 8 oranges skin and all and add it to the boil with the pils extract. All went well except I after getting and 3 days of being in the fridge there is no head on the beer and it has VERY bitter after taste. The beer is an orange color that you can't see through. I'm not sure if I'm not carbonating my beer right because its still alittle flat after 3days. Did I mess this beer up with the puree? Any advice would be great, this was my 2nd brew, the first came out fantastic.

 

[hamiltont]

Ya, you added a ton of orange pith. That's where you're getting the bitterness from....

 

[Revvy]

My wife wanted me to make a beer that would taste like shock top. The guy at my local brew store said to purse about 8 oranges skin and all and add it to the boil with the pils extract. All went well except I after getting and 3 days of being in the fridge there is no head on the beer and it has VERY bitter after taste. The beer is an orange color that you can't see through. I'm not sure if I'm not carbonating my beer right because its still alittle flat after 3days. Did I mess this beer up with the puree? Any advice would be great, this was my 2nd brew, the first came out fantastic.

I'm confused by a whole bunch of things. But how long was the beer in bottles at room temp before you stuck it in the fridge? If the beers in the fridge but not carbed, it isn't going to carb in the fridge, when you put beer in the fridge the yeast goes dormant. Dormant yeast won't do anything least of all carbonate your beer.

Get them out of the fridge into a space above 70 degrees, and leave them for a minimum 3 weeks before chilling ONE down to see if it's carbed. If it's not, give it another week or 2 and test them again.

The three weeks at 70 degrees we recommend tends to be the minimum time for most beers. Some take longer.

 

[Narrf]

Sorry its in the keg

 

[daksin]

The bitterness is coming from your oranges, mostly. The white part (pith) is extremely bitter and not in a good way. A lesson for the future, I guess.