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If anyone thinks this is a stupid idea, then let me know. I can always use the Orange Peel later on. I just tried Scurvy from Tyranena, which is an IPA with Orange Peel. What I have here is a grist of Tasty's Pale and a hodgepodge of the hops that I have.

Starting Gravity: 1.056
SRM: 4.80
IBU 52 (Rager)
Mash: 154
90 Minute Boil


2-Row Malt (USA) 8.00 lbs
Crystal 40L Malt (USA) 0.50 lb
Pilsner Malt (Germany) 3.00 lbs
Carapils Malt (USA) 1.00 lb
White Wheat Malt (USA) 0.50 lb

Northern Brewer 0.50 8.9 FWH 17.0
Cascade 0.50 20 Min
Chinook 0.50 20 Min
Cascade 0.50 15 Min
Chinook 0.50 15 Min
Cascade 0.50 10 Min
Chinook 0.50 10 Min
Cascade 0.50 5 Min
Chinook 0.50 5 Min
Cascade 0.50 0 Min
Chinook 0.50 0 Min
Cascade 1.00 DRY 0.0
Chinook 1.00 DRY 0.0

Cal Ale

Go for it! Why not?

In my clone of blue moon I use 50% bitter orange peel and 50% fresh zest. About .75oz each. Considering that the blue moon is a less hoppy beer (15 ibu) than what you have here these amounts should be fine or do 1 oz of each.

What the hell!!! It will probably be overwhelmed by the 7.5 ounces of hops anyway. I will try to report back in a month or so.

Don't forget, that stuff is going to add bitterness even if it's not IBU's. There is s reason why Belgian wits have 10-15 IBU max when they use bitter orange peel. So if you go with peel you should think about dialing back the IBU's a bit, or maybe just use zest if you want the flavor/aroma. Bitter orange peel isn't very citrusy anyway.

I pretty much talked myself out of it, but I might give it a shot the next time around. I haven't been able to brew in 3 months, so I don't want to fuck up my first batch back in. The burner fires up as soon as the wife and kiddo leave the driveway. I will just have to motivate the faithful brewing partner to forego her day of sleeping on the couch to help me out, which shouldn't be a problem as long as the rawhide and tennis balls are flowing.

I tried a friend's IPA which he added about 3 oz of fresh citrus zest to. He called it a "Brunch beer" and it was pretty enjoyable honestly, a total citrus bomb. So don't give up the idea if you want to do it.