Misc addition
Hibiscus Flowers
Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.
- Type
- Spice
- Added at
- whirlpool
- Form
- solid
- Formula
- n/a
- Concentration
- sold as the pure compound
- Typical dose
- 30-80 g per 20 L
- Timing
- At whirlpool for 10 minutes, or steeped cold when the color matters most.
Before you use it
The color is pH-sensitive and shifts from red toward blue-gray as pH rises, so it looks best in a beer that is already acidic. Long boiling dulls both the color and the fruit.
Description
Dried roselle calyces, which give a sharp cranberry tartness and a magenta color that arrives within minutes. A common way to make a pale sour or a saison look as tart as it tastes.