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Message t0rin0 P beers 102 º places 1528 º 16:12 Sat 1/11/2014 Finally got the grain mill finished and working. Going to buy a bag of raw wheat from the grocery store tomorrow (screw paying $2/lb for flaked at More Beer) and give this a try next weekend. I found coriander in both seed and powder form at the store today. I went with powder since I dont have a grinder for the seeds. Two questions 1) whats the conversion between seeds and powder? 2) can I run the seeds through the grain mill?
Message pellegjr beers 396 º places 16 º 17:19 Sat 1/11/2014 Originally posted by t0rin0 Originally posted by robrules Avoid the vegetal round coriander and use the fruitier oblong kind. Care to elaborate? I know very little about coriander other than it can overpower a beer easily. The oblong variety is Indian coriander, and it is indeed superior. Mosher advocates an excruciating step mash procedure for witbier in Radical Brewing, emphasizing that it is a necessary practice in obtaining the rich milkshake texture present in the best examples of the style. I have not done this myself, so dissenting opinions welcome.
Message SamGamgee P beers 2452 º places 182 º 22:17 Sat 1/11/2014 Originally posted by t0rin0 Finally got the grain mill finished and working. Going to buy a bag of raw wheat from the grocery store tomorrow (screw paying $2/lb for flaked at More Beer) and give this a try next weekend. I found coriander in both seed and powder form at the store today. I went with powder since I dont have a grinder for the seeds. Two questions 1) whats the conversion between seeds and powder? 2) can I run the seeds through the grain mill? Two things here: First, you are going to have to do a cereal mash for the raw wheat, because it hasn’t been gelatinized like flaked or terrified wheat. Without a cereal mash, the malt enzymes will not have access to the starches in the wheat for conversion to sugar. Second, powder will probably be about equal as it should give a better extraction, but will probably be more oxidized and less potent than grinding fresh. I’ve always bought indian coriander at the LHBS and crushed it with a rolling pin on brew day. No grinder needed. Just get a coarse crush and you should be good. I like to stick that and my citrus peels in a hop back and steep it for a few minutes at the end of the boil. This, as with any style, is one that I like with just enough spice character to tell that you used it, but no more.

Message TirpChirp beers 17 º 11:00 Tue 4/8/2014 NEVER! Originally posted by HornyDevil Avoid putting an orange slice on your glass when drinking it.
Message bitbucket beers 2166 º places 63 º 19:21 Tue 4/8/2014 Originally posted by HornyDevil Avoid putting an orange slice on your glass when drinking it. Parking a slice of citrus (orange, lemon, whatever) on the rim of a beer glass tells me you have something to hide. Save that for well drinks.
Message keanex beers 1802 º places 65 º 20:06 Tue 4/8/2014 Witbiers are pretty cut and dry 50/50 pil/wheat with rice hulls (if all-grain). A bit of coriander and orange peel in the last few minutes. IBUs around 15-20. For the yeast just use whatever witbier yeast from Wyeast or Whitelabs. I would be more specific, but brewtoad isn’t loading.
Message HornyDevil 05:21 Wed 4/9/2014 Originally posted by keanex Witbiers are pretty cut and dry 50/50 pil/wheat with rice hulls (if all-grain). A bit of coriander and orange peel in the last few minutes. IBUs around 15-20. For the yeast just use whatever witbier yeast from Wyeast or Whitelabs. Thanks for the explanation of what a witbier is. We were all wondering. When’s the last time you brewed one?

Message keanex beers 1802 º places 65 º 06:06 Wed 4/9/2014 About 4 months ago, thanks for asking.
Message HornyDevil 06:10 Wed 4/9/2014 Originally posted by keanex About 4 months ago, thanks for asking. Care to post a recipe? I’m wondering what specific scientific measurement corresponds to "a bit".
Message keanex beers 1802 º places 65 º 06:13 Wed 4/9/2014 Yeah, I can now since Brewtoad is working: https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/ava Coriander seeds were fresh and freshly cracked with a rolling pin.

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