Shaggyt
Well-Known Member
I have porter on tap for my next brew session and I just picked up two vanilla beans to add. My problem now is when to add them to the wort/beer.
Whereas most of the posts here discuss vanilla beans added to the secondary, my LBHS advised me to add them towards the end of the boil, around 5-10 minutes. The guy also stated to split the beans open and scrape out the innards, adding them to the boil.
So now I have two questions:
1. When to add the beans? Boil or sceondary?
2. Do I add them whole or split & scrape?
Whereas most of the posts here discuss vanilla beans added to the secondary, my LBHS advised me to add them towards the end of the boil, around 5-10 minutes. The guy also stated to split the beans open and scrape out the innards, adding them to the boil.
So now I have two questions:
1. When to add the beans? Boil or sceondary?
2. Do I add them whole or split & scrape?