I'd like to incorporate some orange zest
#21
Posted 24 March 2015 - 08:05 AM
#22
Posted 24 March 2015 - 08:36 AM
This is the original sure screen that I was referring to. It fits over the end of your racking cane or inside your keg over the down tube. It works great when your ageing beer with fruit, spices, whole leaf dry hops, etc. in a keg. It has a nice clean weld at the end that the knock-offs do not.
https://brewinfo.org/surescreen.html
#23
Posted 24 March 2015 - 08:39 AM
mr. poptop seems to think it's fine and judging by his avatar it seems he likes to make saisons
I was thinking something around 1.065. I know hennepin is 1.070 but I'm not sure I want quite that much alcohol.
Bigger than I was planning on. I was going to go 1.055
#24
Posted 24 March 2015 - 10:38 AM
#25
Posted 24 March 2015 - 11:17 AM
I might mention that that I've used Belle about 5 times so far and hit below 1.006 every time. Not sure if that's important to you but to me and my set up, it means not adding much sugar to get dry.
so perhaps on the Hennepin clone I should leave the sugar out? they have the FG on that beer listed at 1.010.
#26
Posted 24 March 2015 - 11:23 AM
Hey Fellas, I have a big batch of Belle Saison just starting to die out in primary and I'm thinking about adding a little orange zest. In terms of sanitation, would I lose the "orange" in the zest if I douse with vodka and then pitch? Can I put it in without? How much per 5 g's for a hint of orange? What's my record for consecutive questions?Thanks,Mike
You don't need the vodka. Just toss it in.
how about freeze it and then put it into a very small amount of vodka. that seems like it would be pretty safe.
and I think you could be right about the freezing getting more flavor out. the ice crystals will probably break some things up in there.
You don't need the vodka.
#27
Posted 24 March 2015 - 11:27 AM
#28
Posted 24 March 2015 - 11:28 AM
You don't need the vodka. Just toss it in.
You don't need the vodka.
but what do you think about the vodka?
#29
Posted 24 March 2015 - 11:32 AM
but what do you think about the vodka?
#30
Posted 24 March 2015 - 11:33 AM
#31
Posted 25 March 2015 - 05:39 PM
#32
Posted 26 March 2015 - 05:17 AM
I know i'm late to the party, but when i've added lemon zest to a batch, I let it sit in vodka for an hour or so then pitched it. A LITTLE ZEST GOES A LONG WAY. Learned that hard way....
#33
Posted 26 March 2015 - 05:22 AM
You could have just blue-mooned it
#34
Posted 26 March 2015 - 05:24 AM
just out of curiosity, why didn't you use sweet orange peel in the boil?
#35
Posted 26 March 2015 - 09:46 AM
Hey Fellas, I have a big batch of Belle Saison just starting to die out in primary and I'm thinking about adding a little orange zest. In terms of sanitation, would I lose the "orange" in the zest if I douse with vodka and then pitch? Can I put it in without? How much per 5 g's for a hint of orange? What's my record for consecutive questions?Thanks,Mike
I worked for 4Hands Brewing here in St. Louis a couple of Summers ago and they make a beer called Contact High. It's a hopped up Summer wheat ale dry-hopped with Cascade and orange zest. In terms of sanitation, we would simply dunk oranges in sanitized water and zest. I homebrewed a batch last summer and zested five oranges with 2 ounces of Cascades...turned out lovely!
#36
Posted 26 March 2015 - 06:49 PM
I had some and never really felt it in the beer. I'm just experimenting with fresh orange for my first time. Pitching from the hip......just out of curiosity, why didn't you use sweet orange peel in the boil?
#37
Posted 29 March 2015 - 01:00 PM
I had very positive reviews and great orange flavor on my last Blue Moon clone by using McCormick orange extract at kegging. Tasted great at 1/4oz per 5gal. I added a tiny amt to a finished beer in the glass to make sure it was going to taste good/not artificial. Here are the ingredients:Alcohol (79%), Water, And Oil Of Orange. https://www.mccormic...-Orange-Extract
yup, me too, I may have even suggested it here a few times
#38
Posted 29 March 2015 - 02:38 PM
I looked for the mccormick product at my grocery store near the vanilla extract and didn't see it. is it kind of uncommon?
#39
Posted 29 March 2015 - 02:52 PM
but what do you think about the vodka?
martini!
#40
Posted 29 March 2015 - 04:15 PM
I looked for the mccormick product at my grocery store near the vanilla extract and didn't see it. is it kind of uncommon?
huh, It's right there with the other McCormick extracts
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