Made with organic malts and hops, this dry, light-bodied summer sipper has orange aroma and flavors from hand-cracked coriander.
Recipe
4 lb Wheat Malt
4 lb Pilsner Malt
2 lb Munich Malt
0.25 oz East Kent Goldings Hops [5.00 %] (60 min)
0.25 oz Pacific Gem Hops [12.00 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Cascade Hops [5.50 %] (15 min)
0.50 oz Hallertauer Hops [5.00 %] (10 min)
1.25 oz Cascade Hops [5.50 %] (5 min)
1.00 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 min)
Safale US-05 Yeast
For the Beer Geeks
Original Gravity: 1.040
Final Gravity: 1.003
Mash: 154 deg. F., single infusion batch sparge
Bitterness: 25 IBU
Alcohol by Volume: 4.81%
Summer Wheat Beer with Coriander
A dry, easy to drink version of an American Summer Wheat beer. Good for the hot days of summer ahead of us!
Belgian-style wheat beers. or witbiers. often use coriander paired with orange or lemon peel. While this is definitely not a Belgian-style wheat beer, we added an ounce of fresh cracked coriander to the final five minutes of the boil to extract the orange-y aroma and flavor.
The coriander we used comes from and Indian specialty store and seems to be a little more
strong and pungent than the variety I've used before.
The hop bill for this beer is a little eccentric - I buy hops in bulk (hops can be expensive and this holds down our costs) and wanted to use up some remnents I had on hand. All certified organic, the Pacific Gem hops provide most of the bittering and the Cascade are predominant in both flavor and aroma. The Cascade also compliment the coriander, with its citrusy flavors.
For info and photos on the brew day for this beer, and for links to some of my favorite commerical "summer" beers, go to http://www.singingboysbrewing.com/The-Blog.html?entry=a-beautiful-day-to-brew
