Dried orange peel gives the beer a citrusy-herbal aroma. In the past, it was added to beer as a preservative, due to its strong antiseptic properties.
Beer types: wheat, Christmas beers
Dosage: 1-3g/L
Usage:
- Add to the beer at the very end of the boil
- Add to the beer at the very end of the fermentation when the FG has been reached. 4-5 days is enough, then cold crash. You can also grind it with a coffee grinder or spice grinder for faster release.
- It can be made into a tincture by soaking it in pure spirit or some kind of alcohol (e.g. vodka, whisky, rum). In this case, it may also be worth grinding it with a coffee grinder or spice grinder beforehand, as this will speed up the dissolution. The resulting tincture can be adjusted to the desired effect very precisely by dropping it into a glass of beer and multiplying the result to the size of the brew.