Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

I am asking for your valuable opinions. I wish to brew a "specialty saison" with ~ABV of 8.5%. I have pondered whether adding spice to this bigger than normal beer is a good idea. As I understand it, most of the flavors in saisons are from the yeast(ie the fruity flavor). This recipe is 77% pilsener, 7% wheat 5% munich1.2%caramunich and the rest cane sugar. I was contemplating additions of coriander and grains of paradise.
I am interested in what personal tastes are from people who have tasted a lot of beers. Do saisons ever have spices in them, if so what spices are common and did you like them or not.

I would keep the spices restrained if you use them. I've only used grains of paradise once. I split a 10 gallon batch of triple and put 1 gram of cracked seeds into one of the fermenters. It made a huge difference on the beer. For coriander go to HyVee and get it from the Frontier Herbs area.

Coriander is really cheap at the asian market on 2nd Ave downtown too.

Does anyone have any suggestions for alternate spices in a Saison? (other than grains of paradise and or coriander) Tom, thanks for the suggestion of restraint on the grains of para. I've never used them before.

Some orange or lemon zest might make a nice addition.