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Thanks hopsalot. I haven't done any research on adding vanilla yet. This will only be my third batch so I'm still new. You have any thoughts or experience with using vanilla bean or vanilla extract?

I just ordered a cream stout kit from midwest and want to add a few things. If anyone has suggestions, thoughts or experience with any of these please let me know. My thoughts: Adding some chocolate (cocoa powder? real chocolate?) to the boil. Adding raspberries (real fruit?, extract?) to...

New brewer just finished my second batch and would like to hear from some experienced brewers here about what I have attempted to make. I started with a True Brew Amber Ale kit Hopped Amber Malt Extract – 1 can Light Dried Malt Extract – 2 lbs Hop Pellets – 1 oz - alpha 7.3% Ale Yeast –...

Thanks for the reply pappers. I knew the sugar would lighten it out which I what i was looking for in this beer. I'm making this one for my wife and she doesnt like a heavy beer. I wasn't sure how much taste it would provide to the beer but it sounded interesting to try. I'm surprised...

Update on the Amber Apple. My wife just called and said it has started bubbling. Pitched the yeast yesterday about 4:30pm and it started bubbling today about 8:30am, so about 16 hours to start fermenting.

Great minds think a-like. The next beer I'm going to try is a porter with vanilla as well. Was even thinking of adding some chocolate and raspberries too. Going to have to research that one a bit before I start. Thank you for your reply.

New brewer just finished my second batch and would like to hear from some experienced brewers here about what I have attempted to make. I started with a True Brew Amber Ale kit Hopped Amber Malt Extract – 1 can Light Dried Malt Extract – 2 lbs Hop Pellets – 1 oz - alpha...

I will look up graff and read what I can on it. I can get fresh cider with no preservatives and has been pasturized so i should be ok there. And yes with the cinnamon in it i was thinking this could make a nice beer for the fall.

Wow i'm lucky. As I get older (41) I'm going in the opposite direction. I can drink beer all day and all night long. Wake up the next morning and never feel like I had a drink the day before. When I was in college the next day hangovers killed me for days. Hangovers had me hating life to...

I have a True Brew Amber Ale kit I am thinking about experminting with. My idea is to do a regular batch like you would any other kit only instead of topping off my 3 gallons of wort with water I would like to use 2 gallons of apple cider to make 5 gallons. Anyone ever tried this or heard of it...

I have a True Brew Amber Ale kit I am thinking about experminting with. My idea is to do a regular batch like you would any other kit only instead of topping off my 3 gallons of wort with water I would like to use 2 gallons of apple cider to make 5 gallons. Anyone ever tried this or heard of...

Is getting the hot break not important? I thought you needed that to get something out of the extracts, protein or something along those lines. I just dont want to drink it if its going to kill me :D

Hello everyone. Sunday I brewed my first batch of beer! Everything seemed to go fine except one crucial detail. I could never get my wort up to 212 degrees (5 gallon SS pot - 3.5 gallons of water). I used two thermometers, one digital and one floating. The digital read 210.5 and the...