New brewer in need of advice

[ahaley]

Thanks mate. To be honest I'm terrible at any type of number system! Is vanilla bean a common ingredient that people use? It sounds amazing, I no how good vanilla beans are in deserts very keen to hear how it turns out.
It's getting cold around my area this time of year, days are usually around 20-26 degrees and god knows about the night, I've got my fermenter on a heat pad with a bomber jacket wrapped around it at night which keeps it around 25 degrees all night, it's just sitting in the corner of my lounge room. In the day I turn the pad of and strip the jacket and it stays right at 25 still so it's perfect.

Wow I'm so jealous! I'll trade you, my California weather for your current weather! I love the cold, and I compare myself to yeast, when i get too cold, work production stops, and when I get to hot I die. (figuratively for the heat one of course )

The most common additive that I have been seeing is vanilla beans, whiskey / rum soaked oak chips, blue berries, there is like 2 more that I can not think of right now... But I'll let you know how it turns out, I make a thread about it labeled something about "vanilla oatmeal stout ____" so if you look for one of those usually in general beer chat, general chit chat, or beginners brewing if I'm asking a question, once I taste it I'll keep you in mind of you want the recipe and step by step. It looks like mud almost, and my trub had about the same viscosity lol.

I don't know if you trust online buying for brew stuff, I am a little cautious of it, but I can give you the website where I go to and see if they can do international shipping for you, my Wilde Irish kit was like 20$ or so, but I got charged for a cheaper one on accident, and the actual Wilde Irish is like 40$ I think for all the ingredients.

 

[ahaley]

I just realized I didnt post the step by step for you, I was super tired today and kinda vegged all day and slept before work.. I'll post it for you tomorrow.

 

[BeardsAndBeer]

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I'm much the same, not a fan of the heat but can't say I like the cold either... Just a nice warm day with a cool breeze perfect riding weather! Vanilla oatmeal stout sounds good, problem is I've never tried stout other than Guinness and once I tried that **** I've never gone back to it. It could have been that I drank it warm straight from a shed but man it was funky! I'm fine with buying stuff over the net just as long as it doesn't cost me 50 or 60 bucks every time I want to ship something over you know. Don't feel rushed with the step by step either I've still got a few more months of extract brewing to get through first

 

[ahaley]

I'm much the same, not a fan of the heat but can't say I like the cold either... Just a nice warm day with a cool breeze perfect riding weather! Vanilla oatmeal stout sounds good, problem is I've never tried stout other than Guinness and once I tried that **** I've never gone back to it. It could have been that I drank it warm straight from a shed but man it was funky! I'm fine with buying stuff over the net just as long as it doesn't cost me 50 or 60 bucks every time I want to ship something over you know. Don't feel rushed with the step by step either I've still got a few more months of extract brewing to get through first

I love the cold, if I could I'd live in Antarctica and have people mail me beer supplies daily lol, ya guinness is a lot better cold, well if you want to check it out, the stores name is "the good brewer" and they sell supplies, ingredients, books, and many other things. But I'm not sure if they do international shipping :/

 

[epistrummer]

Welcome to homebrewing. I just started two weeks ago myself, and I just brewed my third batch. I did one Thomas Cooper extract, and two Brewer's best kits. I have learned a TON just by starting on these kits. I am also looking forward to going all-grain, but I think it was wise to start on them because now I have the confidence to try more technical brews. The extract kits give you some familiarity with the process of making beer, from boiling wort and adding hops to sanitizing your equipment. I have also been able to decide what additional equipment I want to have. I just ordered a partial boil kit. In the next few weeks I will be picking out all grain gear too, so just be prepared, this hobby can get a hold of you.

 

[ahaley]

Welcome to homebrewing. I just started two weeks ago myself, and I just brewed my third batch. I did one Thomas Cooper extract, and two Brewer's best kits. I have learned a TON just by starting on these kits. I am also looking forward to going all-grain, but I think it was wise to start on them because now I have the confidence to try more technical brews. The extract kits give you some familiarity with the process of making beer, from boiling wort and adding hops to sanitizing your equipment. I have also been able to decide what additional equipment I want to have. I just ordered a partial boil kit. In the next few weeks I will be picking out all grain gear too, so just be prepared, this hobby can get a hold of you.

I'm glad I started with an extract kit as well! It really made me look at beers differently, but it is a great experience that I've gotten into