Preparing the Orange Peel

1. Remove the outer layer of the skin of your oranges using a vegetable peeler. Avoid including the white pith beneath the top layer of peel.

2. Place the peeled orange skin on a piece of grease-proof paper and set the paper on a baking sheet. Put the orange peel pieces in an oven and bake at 230 degrees Fahrenheit.

3. Check your orange peels every 15 to 20 minutes. This process generally takes about an hour and a half, but if your orange peels begin to shrivel up before then, remove them from the oven. The finished peel should be dry and brittle.

4. Let the orange peel pieces cool and dry before using them.

Brewing the Beer

1. Bring two gallons of water to a boil.

2. Pour the dry malt extract, honey and BC Goldings hops into the boiling water. Stir the concoction until the extract and honey are completely mixed, then let it boil for 45 minutes. Keep an eye on your brew pot to make sure it doesn't boil over.

3. Add the Hallertauer hops and half (3/4 ounce) of the cracked whole coriander seeds to the wort (the name for the non-fermented beer) and let it boil for another 10 minutes.

4. Add the rest of the cracked whole coriander seeds and the orange peel to the wort. Let it boil for five more minutes.

5. Cut the heat and wait for the wort to cool down to about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Placing the brew pot in a sink full of ice water will speed up the process.

6. Pour the cooled wort into the fermentation vessel (pour through a colander to remove the hops, coriander seed and orange peel pieces) and then add three gallons of cold water on top of the wort. Mix this up as violently as possible without making too much of a mess. This will aerate the wort, giving the yeast the nutrients it needs to survive.

7. Spread the yeast on top of the wort.

8. Fill the airlock half full of water and place it in the lid or stopper of your fermentation vessel. Move the vessel to a dry, dark place with a steady temperature of around 70 degrees Fahrenheit. After two to three weeks, your orange-flavored Belgian wit beer will be ready to bottle.