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The beans I got came vacuum sealed in a pouch. I assumed that they came this way to preserve them. It seems like there are differing opinions on just dropping the bean's in as is vs people who soak them in alcohol. I think I will just drop the bean's in for this batch, with the possibility of...

Does the star San affect the bean's flavor in anyway ? I was worried about this.

Hi Guys - I am brewing a vanilla porter at the moment. I am getting ready to transfer to the secondary and add my vanilla beans, however I am not sure if I need to sanitize the beans before putting them in the secondary. Could sanitizing the beans kill their flavors or give them off flavors ...

So just to update everyone. .the beer came out awesome. I'm really happy with it. The beer is hazy but it is a wheat beer so I think that is to be expected, however I don't think I'll bottle from the primary again if I'm looking to get something with more clarity. Thanks again for all of the...

Guys - thanks so much for the input. I will let everyone know how it turns out in a week or two. I was looking at those carbonation drops as opposed to boiling the priming sugar. Are there any cons to using the drops vs. stirring in the sugar water ?

Hey guys - Im a new brewer, only brewed two batches so far. On my latest batch, I decided to bottle my beer straight from the primary fermenter. I mixed in my priming sugar into the primary and then bottled. Now I'm wondering if this will adversely affect my beer ? ( I have yet to try the...