Make Vanilla Extract

Step 9 Mature

Like a fine wine, vanilla will mature and 'improve' indefinitely... or so they say. This is a good thing, because a liter of vanilla extract will last an average person decades. With a 1/4 pound of vanilla beans and some vodka you can make a holiday, birthday, or wedding gift that will still delight in 10, 20 or 30 years!

Comments

[meandmytreasures]

I started a fifth of bicardi and the beans 20 year or so ago and even now I have a little left. I left in the beans until they started to get exposed and it did get stronger and stronger over time, I still have one bean in the bottle, I left it because it looked cool and nothing gets stale in that amount of alcahol it just gets pickled I think. haha.