Opened brew #2

[HH60gunner]

Well it's been just over 10 days since bottling so I figured I'd open up another one and give it a try. After pouring I got head from about the bottom of the glass to the top and it lingered for some time before going down. Over all the taste has immensely improved over the first one I tried about a week after bottling. I think that with about another 10-12 days or so this will be one wicked blood orange hefeweizen. The taste was great and more than I expected for my first ever brew, and with just a bit more time I think it will be excellent. It has just the right touch of the blood orange after taste, at first the sweetness of the orange hits you and then it's followed by the tartness that the batch of blood oranges had. Can't wait till it's complete and ready for some drinking.

 

[Pommy]

congratulations on your first brew. You will find that until you get stocked up and can leave a batch a couple of months before drinking them all the last one of the batch is always the best

 

[b33risGOOD]

MMmmm a blood orange hefeweizen, what a great choice for a first brew. Congrats man. Wish I had made that then my bitter bitter lol

 

[Pommy]

Im going to have to go on a beer drinking trip around the world one day. Ive never even tried a blood orange hefeweizen and your making one for your first batch! Here in New Zealand its lager or ale which is actually a lager just called an ale to sound impressive

 

[falc0n]

Here in New Zealand its lager or ale which is actually a lager just called an ale to sound impressive

Other way round

 

[Lcasanova]

Hey man congrats, I just made a gluten free blood orange hefe last week. When I first started brewing I tasted my beers after a week, they ALWAYS improved with more time. Try to get a pipeline going and be patient. Like someone said earlier, the last one is always the best, it's good to learn how the beer ages but it's certainly worth the wait.

 

[Pommy]

Damn that Speight's Gold Medal Ale made with lager yeast using lagering techniques is some funny tasting ale, it should almost be called something else...

 

[HH60gunner]

Figured I'd upload a picture of the final results. Over time this beer matured very well and has a great refreshing taste.

 

[pr0cess]

I have been looking at blood oranges for a while now and can't decide how to go about adding them, mind sharing your technique? I have been thinking about peeling them, seeding them, then running them through a cuisinart and adding the mess for the last 5 minutes of the boil.

-dylan.

 

[HH60gunner]

I have been looking at blood oranges for a while now and can't decide how to go about adding them, mind sharing your technique? I have been thinking about peeling them, seeding them, then running them through a cuisinart and adding the mess for the last 5 minutes of the boil.

-dylan.

I just sliced them into pieces and added them to my secondary as is. I figured the alcohol would take care of any nasties. I made sure that I cut off any of the white part of the orange since I hear it makes it real bitter. Also I took out seeds when I saw them but didn't go out of my way to ensure I got them all. Also I zested the peels of about 3 oranges and added the zest into the secondary as well.