Springtime Pet Safety: How to Keep Your Pet Safe from Allergies & Pests
Spring is a time of renewal, warmer weather, and blooming flowers. But for pets, the season also brings potential dangers like allergies and an increase in...
Coriandrum sativum Ancient Egyptian and Sanskrit texts document the use of coriander for more than 3,000 years. The Chinese once believed the herb conferred immortality and in the Middle Ages it was put into love potions as an aphrodisiac. Coriander is now widely used in specialty and Belgian style beers.
Coriander adds spicy and lemony flavors and aroma to spiced beers and Belgium ales such as the white beers called Witbier. Coriander is also added to seasonal spiced beers mostly brewed for drinking during the fall and winter months. Coriander is used to flavor some liqueurs such as Chartreuse and Izarra. It is also used a cheap ingredient to flavor some low end colas. Coriander should be ground freshly in a clean electric coffee mill or a mortar and pestle. Toasting the coriander seed just prior to grinding will bring out the spice's volatile oils and give the beer it is brewed with a nuttier flavor. If you toast the coriander, take care not to burn it because doing so will defiantly give the brew an off flavor. The amount of coriander added to the wort will depend on the desired effect in different types of beers. In white beers where the brewer wants to produce a substantial coriander flavor and aroma about one ounce of coriander (or a little less than 1/3 cup) should be used for every five gallons of wort. The coarsely ground or smashed smashed coriander should be added for about the last 5-10 minutes of the wort boil. In stronger ales, the brewer may want the coriander to have a more nuanced effect on the finished beer instead of the more predominate coriander flavor a brewer may be looking for in white ales. For this subtler coriander flavor try adding a half ounce of course coriander seed to the wort for about the last 5-10 minutes of boiling. Boiling coriander too long will cause some of its volatile oils to be boiled off and reduce its flavor. After 10-15 minutes boiling in wort coriander's flavor begins to fade, so if you find your wort's flavor is overwhelmed by coriander let it simmer a little longer. Some brewers add coriander to the wort after it has been taken off the heat to steep for a few minutes before the strained wort is put in the primary fermentation vessels.
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Spring is a time of renewal, warmer weather, and blooming flowers. But for pets, the season also brings potential dangers like allergies and an increase in...