Recent content by bosbill

I've brewed a couple of beers from Brewer's Best kits and I was just wondering, do the grains come pre-crushed or should I have crushed them before seeping?

Thanks guys! jlpred55, why do you prefer adding to the bottling bucket? I've seen recipes for all stages but it seemed like the primary was the way to go for cocoa beans, coffee, or vanilla (and what the clerk recommended)

New to brewing, and for my second batch I bought an Irish Stout kit. being a chocolate fan I asked the clerk at the brew shop about adding chocolate. He recommended grinding some cocoa beans and soaking in vodka before adding to the primary a few days in. My question is why vodka? Why not just...

I just bought some cocoa beans to add to my 2nd batch (didn't take long before I turned to chocolate). Anyway the store clerk (at Modern Homebrew in Cambridge) recommended that I crush the beans, then soak in a glass of vodka for a few days then add to the fermentation a few days in. Similar to...