Homemade vanilla extract. Can you use Gin? **PICS ADDED**

[chicks4kids]

Yeah, they must be good. They are in an sucky vac bag right now and the kitchen is filling with the aroma of vanilla!! They're very strong! I'm gonna go raid hubbies collection of bottles and get mine going!!

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Quietly...ya don't wanna get caught until AFTER the fact

 

[jennh]

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Yours sound to be very fresh. I actually store mine in a ziplock baggy which I put into another ziplock baggy. It's amazing how the fragrance permeates. Then put them in a dark spot like a cabinet.
Oh, and if you're going to make vanilla, split the beans lengthwise and scrape out some of the "caviar" and put that in your bottle along with your split beans. Make sure you shake the bottle often. I use a cork to seal my bottles. I put a piece of plastic wrap over the cork, then microwave it to "shrink wrap" the plastic so the cork doesn't get wet.

Jen

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

I need to get mine bottled up too! Just one more thing to add to the "to do" list!! Jennh - good tip on the cork - thanks

Sandee

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Here's my pretty finished product! Each bottle holds about a quart, I have already used some and it is WONDERFUL!!! How ya like my pretty yardsale bottles? I found those both at the same sale and only gave ONE dollar! couldn't believe it, and just when I needed them!! Sweet!

ETA: Gin to the left, Vodka to the right. Vodka is WAYYYY darker!

 

[maizey]

If my husband wasn't a southern baptist decon I would sooo be at the liquor store right now and be brewing vanilla extract! Why didn't I think of that before now? I just said to my dear deaconated husband that I needed a 50 gallon DRUM of vanilla extract, I go through it so fast! Now, to sneak into the liquor store

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Yeah well don't feel bad. I pick my vodka up after church...........

 

[dsc6]

I don't like vodka. Someone gave me a bottle of Grey Goose. It is the base for my now-brewing vanilla extract. I get beans from Beanilla. When I told my neighbor about this, he gasped and almost passed out, lol. Tip: use cheap vodka for your vanilla extract, and give the expensive stuff to your friends.

 

[ozark hen]

I understand lots of folks use rum instead of vodka

 

[kla37]

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Yeah well don't feel bad. I pick my vodka up after church...........

Me too, esp when our priest is coming over for cocktails and dinner!