coriander orange question

[basilchef]

If I threw my coriander and orange into a steeping bag should I pull it out before fermenting or leave it in the whole process?

 

[CUBrewing]

When I have used it in the past I leave it in through primary to extract more flavor and perfume the beer better.

 

[basilchef]

When I have used it in the past I leave it in through primary to extract more flavor and perfume the beer better.

I'm worried about the coriander being in too long and i still want the orange to shine through with out being the main taste. did leaving it through primary bitter your beer more then you had expected?

 

[rifraf]

Coriander shouldn't bitter your beer, and neither should orange peel. I just made a coriander orange wheat (Biermuncher's Blue Moon clone)..the coriander and orange were left in all the way. Tastes great, I even used ground coriander so that just dissolved completely

 

[Pilgarlic]

I've been working with spicing my wit over several batches in the last few months. In my current iteration I added the orange at 20 minutes, coriander at 5 and siphoned off of both post-chill. No bag, just tossed 'em in.

 

[Xaphoeous]

I have made 5-6 batches of BM's Orange Kolsch (but have modified the recipe a little) and have just put the orange peel and coriander into the boil without a bag. I the strain my wort through a sanitized 5-gallon paint strainer bag (2-pack for $5 at Home Depot in the paint section, re-use numerous times) after cooling. This also helps to remove lots of extra hop particles.

I have not yet left the spices in the beer through primary, so I can't weigh in on that, but the kolsch I make has a great orange aroma and flavor. I would really doubt that either coriander or orange peel would leave a bitter flavor if you left them in through primary.