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That is a good compromise option. I am just afraid that if I wait to put the coffee in the secondary, at that point I will be so scared of messing something up I already spent so much time on that I wont add the coffee at all. I guess I could put the crushed beans in a muslin and let them sit...

Do you have experience with that technique? If so, how does it turn out?

Revvy - you suggest adding the coffee to the secondary. What do you think about chopping up some beans and adding them to the grains in the boil? Enderwig - thanks for the hazenut tip. I have never heard of it either. I wonder if it is a grocery store type item or a specialty brewing item...

thanks for the tips. I was thinking more of a dark chocolate flavor, not too sweet. I dont want a sweet beer. The recipe I am using calls for .5 lbs of chocolate malt. I have tasted the beer that this is supposed to resemble, and I didnt get that much chocolate flavor. I am looking for...

A chocolate-hazelnut flavor. Any suggestions? I havent brewed yet obviously. I have the ingredients for the American Porter from Ballast Point in San Diego. I want to add a little something to it.

3 weeks huh? Thats going to be tough!! Maybe we will try a couple after 2 and take our time at getting to the rest of them. I am brewing a nut brown from a kit that I got from a place in Riverside CA called More Beer if anyone is familiar with the place. We boiled it, had it in the first...

Right on. Thanks guys. I have a bottle filler and that worked great. Next time I will look into the autosiphon thing. I hope it turns out good. Its got to be in the bottle for 2 weeks, right?

I just bottled my first brew last night and did siphon with my mouth. Am I screwed or what? I didnt know what else I was supposed to do.