Worth trying ?

[dvdaniels]

I found this recipe online and it sounds interesting. Anyone ever toasted corriander? I think this weekend I am going to try to brew this except sub out the target with EKG.


BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: New Belgium Sunshine Wheat Clone
Brewer: DVD
Asst Brewer:
Style: Weizen/Weissbier
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.02 gal
Estimated OG: 1.058 SG
Estimated Color: 4.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 14.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.50 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 42.13 %
4.50 lb Wheat, White (Cargill) (2.9 SRM) Grain 42.13 %
0.38 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.56 %
0.30 oz Target [10.00 %] (30 min) Hops 8.2 IBU
0.30 oz Target [10.00 %] (15 min) Hops 5.3 IBU
0.30 oz Target [10.00 %] (1 min) Hops 0.5 IBU
0.30 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.00 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.00 lb Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM) Sugar 9.36 %
0.30 lb Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar 2.81 %
1 Pkgs Belgian Wheat Yeast (Wyeast Labs #3942) Yeast-Wheat


Total Grain Weight: 9.38 lb
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Notes:
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Orange peel should be added to wort for last 20 minutes of boil. 1/2 oz corriander crushed and added for last 5 minutes of boil. The last 1/2 oz. of corriander should be lightly heated in a skillet to loosen the essential oils, crushed and added to the secondary. The spice version of dry-hopping.

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[siwelwerd]

Orange peel should be added to wort for last 20 minutes of boil.

I always recommend fresh orange (and/or tangerine, tangelo, etc.) zest at flameout (or later) in recipes that call for orange peel. Any amount of boil will drive off a lot of those volatile aromatics.

[dvdaniels]

Even fresh for bitter? I was thinking that fresh would be better but the call for bitter peel had me wondering if I should just used the pith or whole peel.

[siwelwerd]

Given that it seems like this really wants to be a Witbier, yeah. Just my take on it though.

[SteveO]

Get big oranges too. I had those "cuties" and I tell ya... it was a pain zesting like 100 of those suckers just to get my 2 ounces of zest.

(Ok, it was only 20ish but still.)

[dvdaniels]

Those things have zest lol. I would think that would be like "zesting" a grape. I will take your advice whole heartedly and get big oranges.

Also I agree with this looking more like a wit. Have not tried the New Belgium original but will have to try them side by side and see how close I get.

[dvdaniels]

Everything went off good on tonights brewing of this. Final wound up 14.9 brix so just a little ever the target of 1.058. Tightened the corona mill back plate up a bit amd low and behold a wee bit better efficiency. Just hope it tastes good.