Orange-ade

I originally brewed this for a summer sipper, but it was so popular that was almost completely out by the first week in June. Knowing that my supply wasn't going to make it, I quick brewed it again with some subtle changes in an effort to compare the two. For the second batch, I added an additional 1oz of sweet orange zest and backed off on the dry hopping a bit. Instead of 2oz of cascade pellets, I added 1oz of whole leaf cascade hops into the secondary for 10 days before bottling.I bottled this beer today and "wow", it smelled like a Florida citrus grove! I'll be interested to see if that orange takes over the profile too much, especially in light of the fact that I backed off on the hops during dry hopping. Still used cascades, hence the name Orange "ade". Lastly, knowing that I was going to lose more beer by absorption into the whole hops, I did NOT use whirlfloc to clear the beer in the kettle(you generally leave more beer back in the kettle when using whirlfloc in the boil). This beer is noticeably more cloudy, even at bottling and after crash cooling than the initial batch I brewed, but I don't anticipate it will affect the taste. Recipe:
9lb maris otter
1lb Vienna malt
1lb crystal malt 10
Mash in 3.5 gallon 167 degree water, target temp 155
Add 1.25 gallon 185 degree water at 60 min
Sparge with 3.50 gallons 168 degree water
1 oz cascade FWH
1oz cascade 10 min
1oz cascade 5 min
1oz cascade 1 min
3 oz sweet orange zest 10 min
1oz fresh coriander crushed 10 min
2 packs safale s-04
Primary 1-2 weeks
1 oz cascade (whole hop)dry hop in secondary 10 days
A sample at bottling reveals a very quaff able summer beer with a bit more than a hint of orange and definitely less bitter on the finish than the original recipe.