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Am going to be brewing a vanilla porter, however the question that is plaguing me is wether to boil or secondary my vanilla beans. I'm sure that someone on this forum may have experimented with this. Thanks for any insight.

I just used a noprene gasket to create a seal on my keg is there any reason I might not want to use that material as a gasket?

I just finished my first beer an Irish red fir saint patties day. I'm trying to harvest the yeast but I am worried I may have contaminated it. After I separate it is there any way to see if it is contaminated or is pitching it the only way. I would hate to ruin a great batch of beer with it...

I was trying to soak a small bit of cider in oak chips with some vanilla bean to add to the secondary. I boiled the cider with the vanilla bean then boiled the oak chips in that. Afterward I put in my secondary but did not refrigerate or add yeast. Even though everything is super clean I think...

last saturday i started my apprazz cider and last night took a reading that hinted to it being around 10% however it didnt taste very good (was more tart than sweet but would rock yoursocks off :) so i threw in about a cup of perservitive free NA cider from the store in hopes it would help it...