Yeah, I pretty much ignored the weight thing, and just put all of the zest from one I peeled in with the dried stuff because the dried stuff I got from the LHBS seems to be a bit flat in taste. Did the same thing with a lemon, which will actually make the orange pop better. Thought about doing this recipe with the zest from maybe 3-4 lemons, or limes, just to see what the difference is.
Don't boil it so much and you'll get more of the aroma at the end.
So, instead of 10 minutes, drop back to 5? That probably would evaporate a bit less of the citrus oils. Is that going to be long enough for desiccated peel? I normally drop the peel and crushed coriander at the same time (10 minutes) in one muslin bag, so it’s nice and contained and easily disposed of. I knot the bag at the very end so the peel and coriander stay loose in the boil. Then, at flameout, I just grab the hops and additions bags and toss em in the trash to make sure I don’t accidentally poison any neighborhood domestic critters or birds. Dunno if hops would hurt birds, but there’s typically very little food value in any waste from brewing, and I know hops are very bad for dogs. Birds will starve with a belly full of spent grain. They don’t seem the least bit interested in the grain I toss on the compost. I must be getting pretty good efficiency because I don’t even see ants going after the grain. We don’t have a fence (no animals of our own) so we get quite a few escapee pets in our yard. I don’t want to harm them, because they don’t know any better.Don't boil it so much and you'll get more of the aroma at the end.
Try a hops stand or Whirlpool with it for 10 - 20mins and see if you like it that way throw in any late addition hops with the zest
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Yeah I'd say hop stand 30 mins would dissapate any volatile compounds just like in the hops.
Wow, thanks for sharing that! Pretty awesome to see bottle selections on the same page ranging from $10 to $150.If ever in Philly, please go to Monk’s Cafe. A Belgian beer lover’s heaven.
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I have never seen a beer selection quite like this. The draft selection was fantastic and here is a pic of just one of many pages of bottle options.
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Thirez Blonde Farmhouse
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A Norwegian Porter. (About my 6th beer in, I thought that picture was straight at the time
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Awww nice!
Would 5 minutes be enough to get best efficiency/flavoring from the orange peel? The coriander? I'm well aware that boiling liquid will sanitize anything, which is why I asked why someone would use Vodka if they were going to put the peel in the boil. I can see it for 'dry-hopping' with the peel, if Vodka indeed is a satisfactory sanitizer. But why not just use some orange extract during the fermentation so that it gets thoroughly mixed in? Lotsa ways to get the citrus in, and it's sorta like engineering. If you want 5 ONLY ways to do something, just ask 5 engineers. If you want 5 only ways to add an adjunct, just ask 5 different brewers.
Yeah sure would Roadie you do whatever your comfortable with man.
Maybe it's missing the ambience of an historic German beer hall.
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Very Nice Josh you've gotta be proud of that aye?
