Dry hopping fruit zest

[The Englishmans Fox]

Can you dry hop orange or lemon zest into the secondary fermenter? Other then flavour will this effect any other aspects of the beer?

 

[RobWalker]

yep of course you can! maybe dry hop for a week. i'd mash it up a bit and chuck it in a bag to get the flavour out.

lemon juice can negatively affect the head retention of a beer, but you should be okay with the zest.

 

[pittsy]

Just so you know , when i make a witbier i use around 30g of orange peel in the last 5 mins of the boil and you can notice it nicely , i would think twice about how much you add as it may be overpowering and a bit (too)sweet however until you try you won't know