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I'd stay away from the peanut shells, they might add bitterness and astringency because of the tannins in them, plus they don't really taste like anything. Also it might make your beer undrinkable for anyone with a peanut allergy, if that's an issue.

I've done nut brown ales with roasted chestnuts or hazel nuts. I added them in the last 15 minutes of the boil, it does add a nice nuance to the flavor, most of the nuttiness would be coming from the grain used, but like the others mentioned you will have no head to speak of, there will be some...

Glass thermometers are far more accurate and can be used to calibrate electronic ones. All you need are two points of freezing and boiling water to calibrate a glass thermometer since its response is linear in that range. If it is off from the markings it will be consistently off so you can come...