Homebrewing: Fruit flavors

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orange flavor

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belgian wits do this with dry orange peel, i've done one and it was good, subtle orange flavor.

What I do with my satsuma beer is I peel a bunch of satsumas. I then take the peels and use a cheese grater to get the bitter white stuff off of the peels. I take the peels and throw them in the oven on its lowest heat and let them sit for a half hour or so. This pulls oils out to the surface of the peels. I then add the peels at flameout. Comes out with a modest satsuma flavor.

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pretty much dry hop it with this?

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You won't get much of any flavor if you dry hop with a citrus peel. It either needs heat or high alcohol to get the oils out. Some people soak it in everclear for a a few weeks, filter, then evaporate off the alcohol, leaving the oil. You can cheat and just double up the peel amount and use your oven or hot wort to extract out the oils.

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Advice on how to go about adding something like orange flavor to my beer? How would the more experienced homebrewers do this?

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Speaking of homebrew threads....



We brew a Grapefruit RyePA that's got a significant grapefruit flavor. We add 4-5 large Grapefruits that have been frozen(to burst the cells) and cut in half and added to the secondary for a week. We've had good success with this for Grapefruits/Oranges and Strawberries.