Ideas to counter Bitter Orange Peel?

[Brewkowski]

I made a 3 gal batch of a citrusy mead with .5oz of; sweet orange peel, bitter orange peel, lemon peel, and lemon grass.

It's only been a few weeks so I'm sure mellowing will take away some of the bitterness, but right now it is extremely bitter. I'm not sure if I should try to add more sweet orange peel, backsweeten after fermentation, add acid, or what. Any ideas?

 

[saramc]

Was there much pith on the peel?

 

[Brewkowski]

It was pre-packaged from the brew store, so I'm not totally sure but it didn't seem to have much on it, but honestly I wasn't even looking that hard when I threw it in. So assuming there was some on it, probably not much I can do to get rid of it, huh? Maybe the difference between sweet orange peel and bitter orange peel is more pith?

 

[Arpolis]

Just like the Jaom Recipe which does use all the pith for extra bitterness you make the brew sweet. Give it time first and bulk age about 3 months. If still way to bitter then back sweeten to a gravity of about 1.02 and see how it is from there.