ampete1

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I am going to be brewing a porter that calls for a single vanilla bean in the secondary. Should I split the bean and use the inside or just throw the whole bean into the secondary? Should I be concerned of sanitizing the bean before putting into the secondary? If so what is the best method to sanitize the vanilla bean?

Professor Frink

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What works best for me is to split the bean and scrape out the inside (where the flavor is). Soak the inside of the bean in vodka for a day, then put the vodka with the vanilla into secondary.

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Some people split them and scrape the insides a little bit and throw them in, some split/scrape/soak in vodka for a day and dump that all in.

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Ever consider extract additions. This place has some nice variety in fruit and vanilla: Orange Extract - Cook's Pure Orange Flavor Extract.

Check them out, you might decide this might be an option.

Salute!

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ampete1

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Thanks for the posts. Does the oil in the vanilla bean affect head retention?