I'm going to get the spring water today to brew my PB/PM BIAB robust porter tomorrow. I'd bought two South African vanilla beans a while back with the other ingredients for the beer. Giant Eagle's Market District top shelf brand beans. I scraped the paste out of the beans on a clean pie plate with a sharp paring knife. Then split the pods in twain & chopped into 1" slices.
I put it all in the jar they came in,about 3oz size. Then poured about 1.5" of cheap vodka in the jar with them & swirled occasionally. I was gunna fridge it,but idk. The vodka might be enough at room temp to preserve them/it.
Vanilla extract has alcohol in it,& we keep that in the pantry.
How do you guys prepare your vanilla beans for secondary usage? I'm curious,as this is my first experiment with them in a beer.
I put it all in the jar they came in,about 3oz size. Then poured about 1.5" of cheap vodka in the jar with them & swirled occasionally. I was gunna fridge it,but idk. The vodka might be enough at room temp to preserve them/it.
Vanilla extract has alcohol in it,& we keep that in the pantry.
How do you guys prepare your vanilla beans for secondary usage? I'm curious,as this is my first experiment with them in a beer.