starting off and wondering if I can play with extracts...

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:39 pm

I'm about to brew my first beer with a festa brew porter kit...I'm wondering...is it possible to add anything extra to the extract to make it more interesting, like vanilla bean or even oak chips, and where would I add it, in the boil or in the ferment?

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:06 pm

My browser is messed up at the moment, but google "hacking a brewhouse kit" and select the PDF that comes up first from the Calgary homebrew club forums.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:37 pm

Is it this? Looks good...

http://www.yeastwranglers.ca/LinkClick. ... 91&mid=569

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:35 pm

yep, that is the doc.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:56 am

I did a Festabrew porter awhile ago, I added some extra extract, cherry juice, and swapped out the yeast for a Belgian yeast.