American Wheat with orange??

[Bake985]

I am brewing my first batch of an American wheat extract this weekend for my wife. I was thinking about adding some orange and coriander. I am looking for any suggestions for types of oranges (dried, slices, zest, etc) and coriander and also measurements. She loves blue moon type beers. Cheers!


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[MuddyCreek]

I have used zest and coriander in a couple of my recipes. I'll look it up tonight and send you what I have.

 

[Zuljin]

Freshly zested blood orange, mind the pith. Crack the coriander a little with a rolling pin.

Edit - Or any orange yall like. It's your preference. Go ahead and zest the whole orange, at least.

 

[Gixxer]

Here's Nilo's info from his blog. He has been contributing heavily to the blue moon clone thread. Gives you an idea of how much orange peel and coriander to use.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxL...jLWE5ZDktMmQ2ODdmMzljNDUz/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1

Me personally for my American wheat recipe, the grain bill is a spin off of the original blue moon recipe, and I use just under 2/3 the peel of a medium orange (peeled with a vegetable peeler to avoid the pith), and .3oz (I have a reloading scale for stuff like that) of ground coriander.

 

[gtmaus]

I just kegged an Orange American Wheat today. I zested 5 blood red oranges and added that to the boil for the last 10 mins or so. I also took the fruit from the 5 oranges and steeped them for about 20 mins in 160 degree water. Kinda made and orange tea out of it. I added this to the wort at flame out. (Just the orange tea, not the fruit). I tasted it today when i kegged it and its a very nice orange forward American Wheat