Candy Orange IPA

Brewed using Anvil Foundry 120v

-Add Candied Orange/Lemon peels during dry hop
-Add Simple Syrup from citrus peels during whirlpool

Take the peel from 3 oranges and 1 lemon and blanch them. Here's a quick guide to blanching citrus fruit:
-Add peels to pot of cold water (enough water to cover peels)
-Heat water to a boil
-As soon as boil starts, remove from heat, strain peels, and dump water.
-Add more cold water to pot along with strained peels
Begin process again.
-Repeat this entire process 3 times and make sure to remove the pot from the heat and strain the fruit as soon as a boil is reached. This process reduces the bitterness of the fruit. However, if you leave the peels boil, bitterness will actually increase.

Making Candied Citrus Peel
After blanching move on to creating candied peels. To do this make some simple syrup by dissolving 400 grams of sugar in 400 grams of water (a 1 to 1 ratio).Then add the peels and simmer for 45 minutes. After that put the peels in a food dehydrator and let them sit on low heat for about 24 hours.

Add a small amount of vodka to citrus peels to kill any bacteria before adding to dry hop

-No Secondary
-Hop basket used during whirlpool
-Hop sock used for dry hop and citrus
-Ferment 3 days add dry hops and citrus. Wait until fermentation completes

Starting water volume 7.9 Gallons