Orange in beer?

[ericmark]

It was an error, did not wash bottle out as I should have done, and I bottled bitter beer in a bottle that had contained orange juice. The result was really nice, so tried putting orange juice in the brew, but didn't work. But why?

 

[Nidger]

Could it be additives in the orange juice during fermentation ???

I bottled my lager last night and used 5 raspberry and blackcurrant bottles and 5 strawberry. All water from Morrison's.
I thought about not washing/sanitising to see if it left a hint of flavour, but i forgot and went ahead and sanitised them with the rest

 

[Cwrw666]

You're better off just using an orange flavoured hop such as Prima Donna or First Gold. Gives your beer a marmalade kind of flavour which is actually really nice. Other possibility is to fortify your brew by adding Tescos orange blossom honey - gives a nice orangey zing to your beer.

 

[Covrich]

adding dried orange peel to the end of the boil is normal for things like Witbiers

 

[Clint]

I've use both the orange blossom honey and the dried peel. I think the peel was better.