Making a Jalapeno Beer

I've decided to try brewing a Jalapeno Beer, and have looked at a few 
recipes on the Internet (e.g., a few on the Cat's Meow and elsewhere). 
Some of them add the peppers to the boil, some to the secondary, and a 
few add pieces of pepper directly to the bottle.  But I haven't come to 
a good conclusion as to how much to actually use, which process is best, 
or even how good the beer really is, so I'm posting my ideas to our 
group to try to get some feedback.

Although I haven't come across any recipes yet which use a tincture, 
I've decided that that would be a good approach mainly because it worked 
well when I made my pumpkin beer, and it should allow me to experiment 
with different pro****tions to get an idea of the best amount.  Also, I 
hope the tincture will sufficiently sanatize the peppers to avoid the 
problems with mold that one brewer has mentioned.

Unless someone posts some good reasons to persuade me to do otherwise, I 
plan to put several large jalapenos in my blender, seeds included, and 
then pour that into a mason jar with some cheap vodka and let it soak 
for a week or two.  Then I'll strain it through a coffee filter.  I'll 
experiment with different numbers of drops of the liquid in shotgl***** 
of beer, and then after deciding on the best pro****tion, add the correct 
amount to my bottling bucket.  Does anyone see any problems with this?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers.

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