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Well this turned out the be the best beer i ever made!!! The hazelnut is forward but I think its pretty balanced with the chocolate and some vanilla. I think the nibs kind of hindered the head retention, which is something I might look into when I make it again but otherwise its a great beer!

I ended up adding a vanilla bean and a package of coca nibs, and then adding a bottle of hazelnut extract at bottling. Its still carbonating but I'll let you know in about a week!

Great thanks for the advice!!

Do you take the seeds out and use those or just put the whole bean in secondary?

I am also thinking about doing a recipe similar to this.. I was looking into getting a vanilla bean or 2 and realized they are 4-5$ a pop! Vanilla extract would probably be ok too right? Maybe add it at the same time as hazelnut extract? Also- I was surprised to see 1lb of lactose powder being...

That was helpful, thanks! Have you ever added malic or some other type of acid before bottling/kegging? I hear it brings out the fruit flavor a little more. Does the nonfermentable sweetener you were suggesting replace the acid or do they give different results? Also - is it possible for the...

Hi all, I am brewing a 5 gallon all grain batch of a peach beer. I have been reading as much as I can and I have found 2 different opinions of when to add the peaches: 1) once the fermentation settles down after a few days in primary and 2) rack on to the peaches in secondary. I prepared...