Orange Coriander

Read a recipe for a Hefivisen beer that had hints of orange and coriander.  So why not brew with those two.

Recipe:
2 liters of water
.25 ounces (weight) crushed coriander seed. ( i used McCormmick) but i started growing my own for next season.
1 full orange peel
2 cups of sugar
After boiling, added 1/2 squeezed orange.
(Note: this smelled really good!)

This was added to 2 quarts of fresh keifer. The ABV potential was 10%

5/20/2016 the final ABV was 2%, so in theory should have been 8% ABV (i question this too as i can not tell if i screwed up the readin gon the hydrometer.

Some bottles I added fresh orange juice, others added more coriander.  I think the combo with more coriander was really good!

After though:  One thing was clear in all my prior kiefer brews i bottled when airlock still had activity.  COuld have been 17 seconds to 25 seconds per bubble, but it was something.  IN the coming catch up posts i will be talking about failures to fix and just trying to figure out why that might be.

Considering lowering the ABV from between 8-10 and moving it back to 5%.  Not sure if i am killing off everything in high ABV or if i need to bottle when still active.