Lime cordial IPA

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I am going to make a lemon and lime gose by using lemon and lime extract. I have maybe 300ml including lemon & lime peel which I will chuck in to the beer for a few days.

Might be worth researching whether cordial can be used in beer, it might be some ingredients could have a bad effect on head retention etc. If it can be used it can be added at bottling into the bottling bucket/fv. Just give it a gentle stir.
 
I added an entire bottle of elderflower cordial to an apple cider kit once. Before fermentation. It fermented out ok but it was so sharp, it turned your face inside out. Took months before I could drink it. Won't be doing that again!
 
Hi Stevieboy

I made a Vienna style lager with J-Lime hops ... they gave distinct lime impressions :?: ... I think the zest of a lime or two into the FV at the "dry-hop" stage (to freshen up those impressions) would have ended up giving a similar result to lime-cordial, without the drying-out-effect of adding all that sugar before fermentation or the sweetness if added in the glass :?:

Just an alternative approach to "skinning that cat".
Cheers, PhilB
 
"**** no that'd be horrible" was my initial thought.

Shortly followed by "Do it and let us know how it turns out"

And then "Make a very small batch"

Nice avatar picture \m/
I'll let you know - I think I'll do a couple of bottles, and keg the rest as normal. Good to know someone else out there still keeps the faith..
 
I'd use lime zest.
My next batch is going to be a coconut wheat that I plan to add some lime zest to steep before chilling.
 

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