I know that coriander makes a nice adjunct to certain brews. Has anyone ever tried using cilantro (the herb/plant from which coriander seed is derived)? I have hundreds of plants, and the notion hit me as I was wondering what to do with it all. Perhaps in a wheat beer along with some orange peel in the secondary fermenter?

Sounds interesting. Maybe throw some jalapeno in? Call it "The Salsa"Possibly a light Mexican lager.The amount of cilantro I would think would be important.

cilantro?

Jun 08, 2006 22 Replies

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98XJ 18 years ago

Bell's Batch 8000 is flavored with Coriander, among other things

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Bill O'Meally 18 years ago

98XJ wrote:

I was referring to cilantro (the leaf of the plant) not coriander (the seed). :-)

True, *coriander* is used as an adjunct in quite a few beers. I had just never heard of *cilantro* being used.

I did indeed brew a batch of a wheat beer, and "dry hopped " it with orange zest and fresh cilantro. It turned out very nice!

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RichMcKinney. 16 years ago

Chipolte Beer? Wow!!!

Anyone try to make a homebrew clone?

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