King of the Swill

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I just received my order from AHB (my clone of a Sunset Wheat) and have a question on how to add the coriander seed. My last kit came with coriander in a powder-like form. This one has the coriander as whole seeds. Do I crush these with a rolling pin or use them whole? Also, if I want to add orange peel can I just use the peel from a fresh orange or do you recommend I use the dried up store bought stuff? Thanks!

BierMuncher

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Crush that coriander real good with a rolling pin.

I prefer using dried orange peel. More consistent results.

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Tenchiro

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I have heard that lightly toasting then crushing also yields good results.

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Llarian

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I use a Cuisinart Mini-prep food processor to give the grains a good cracking for my Witbier. Always turned out lovely.

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Yuri_Rage

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I cleaned a pepper grinder, put the coriander in it, attached a cordless drill, and got great results.

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EinGutesBier

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A pestle and mortar works well, too.

Jekster

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From a cooks perspective I would recommend the fresh orange zest. You'll get much more aroma out of the zest than you would any dried counter part. Just make sure that you only get the yellow or orange zest and don't grate into the white rind. That stuff is extremely bitter and won't lend good characters to your brew.

Also, Jamil recommends using fresh Zest in his podcast.

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ohiobrewtus

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I crush my corriander, and I typically use dried orange peel, but have also used freh with good results.

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jdoiv

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I keep a cheap coffee grinder around just for grinding spices. Works wonders with the corriander seed.

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King of the Swill

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Do I just take an orange an use a cheese grater to grate it? For a 5 gallon batch (2 gal boil) how much do you recommend? I am trying to make a Belgian Wit style brew that I don't want to be too heavy on the spices.