Grand Cru

[sieglere]

So I'm brewing a grand cru tonight and the recipe calls for 1 oz of coriander to steep. Should I crush it in my mortar and pestle before tossing it in or should I steep it uncracked?

 

[JoshBlue74]

Crack it! But not to powder, just crack it.

 

[petree3]

I'd say it depends on how much you like coriander. It will definitely take a front row seat in the flavor profile if you crack it or stay in the back if you leave it alone.

 

[Calder]

You need to crack it. I've not used it in a long time, but 1 oz seems like a lot.

 

[sieglere]

The recipe called for that much (and I love coriander). I ended up cracking it. I'm moving it to the secondary today so stay tuned for details

 

[sieglere]

Tasted it yesterday: fantastic. Other than the rocket fuel burn of the fresh 9% alcohol (which will mellow) it was good. They honey, the ginger, and the coriander all played along nicely sending me into a happy place.
Side note: anyone know hoe to say rocket fuel in French?

 

[sieglere]

So I added some hops to the secondary yesterday. A nice citrus smell, you get the coriander, it doesn't burn in your chest anymore. I'm super excited. I think I'm going to name it Carburant poor fusè (its French for rocket fuel and my accents/spelling are probably off). Can't wait for this to carb up. I'm sure it'll also age really well too!

 

[petree3]

What temperature did you ferment at?

 

[DrummerBoySeth]

Side note: anyone know hoe to say rocket fuel in French?

carburant de fusée

 

[sieglere]

It was at my friend's house. It was in the reigon of 70 to 75. Near the range of the yeast I used

 

[petree3]

Oh ok as long as the yeast is up to it, I thought the heat might be from fusil alcohols caused by high ferment temp. Ask me how I know about these

 

[sieglere]

Sure will. My theory is that it had its harshness from the freshness of it. The second wiff I got when I added the hops a few days ago was not nearly as fuel-like. I think it'll age out. I'm bottling this weekend, it'll carb for a week and then I'll have a review (and maybe a recipe too) to share.

 

[89OctaneStang]

So, went home to visit family and they had a large request for my next brew to be the BJ's 2014 Grand Cru. Does anyone have this recipe or somewhere to start? Any advice/lessons learned working with this beer? I am still brewing partial mash... Any assistance would be awesome!