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Hey everyone, I'm looking to add vanilla bean to a Nut Brown Ale kit that I've got. Do you think it would be best to add this during the last 20 min or so of the boil or should I add this after transferring to a secondary carboy? I'm still fairly new at brewing but just looking for some...

Thanks everyone, this will help me. I do want to put it in during the boil for sanitization purposes, but I've never added a raw ingredient like this before. Adding it too early will make it taste worse? Seems like the consensus is adding it about 20 minutes left in the boil.

Yeah adding it to the boil was my first and likely best thought, because if I try to make any type of extract, I don't know how much volume I'd be adding to the wort, and don't want to screw up any ratios. Plus adding it to a grain bag in the boil would sanitize everything, as well. Thanks...

Hey everyone, this is my first thread, so in advance I appreciate and thank you for any feedback. I've been homebrewing for a few years now but just recently started doing partial mash kits. I ran across a guy the other day who grows his own lemongrass and likes to flavor things with it. He...