American Wheat with Orange Juice

[Jonas Lapienis]

Hi All.

I'm thinking on brewing my first batch of an american wheat and i wanted to add orange juice to the end of the primary fermentation. Any thoughts on that?

Tks

 

[mashpaddled]

With the orange flavor comes citric acid which is going to drop the ph of the beer and many find the flavor of fermented orange juice to be vomit-like. Are you just trying to get some orange flavor in there? If so, add orange peel after the boil or after fermentation. Nice orange flavor with none of the acid addition.

 

[SEndorf]

Agreed.
Orange juice will mess it up.
Add orange peel / zest instead, at end of fermentation.

 

[Jonas Lapienis]

Nice to know. Thank you!

Will any fruit juice taste like this? I ask that because i think i don't have enough space in my fermentor to add the chopped fruit in a bag.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

For last Christmas family gathering I made an American Wheat Blood Orange. It went over well. Everyone enjoyed. I need to make again.

 

[Jonas Lapienis]

For last Christmas family gathering I made a American Wheat Blood Orange. It went over well. Everyone enjoyed. I need to make again.

Did you make it with juice or with whole fruit?

 

[rex clingan]

I have made fruit beers using a Hefeweizen grain/hop bill per Eric Warner's book, with sour pie cherries, with raspberries, and with peaches, added to secondary. All were quite good.

I heard someone tell about a visit to Eddie McStiff's in Moab one time. They asked for a pint of one of the fruit beers on tap, maybe blueberry, and were told that they were out. A few minutes later, a server told them it was now available. It took about as long as it might to inject some extract into a keg of the base beer.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Did you make it with juice or with whole fruit?

Blood orange puree added to secondary.

www.walmart.com/ip/Vintner-s-Harvest-Fruit-Puree-Blood-Orange-49-oz/141590399