Todd Terczynski
Active Member
I just made a winter ale that was suppose to have a vanilla and anise flavor. Made my own extract with beans and stars in a pint of cognac but came up way light on flavor of vanilla and anise. To get a decent flavor in a 5 gal batch, how many beans would be needed to get a subtle vanilla flavor? Obviously I was way short. Even added pure vanilla extract at about 8 oz to it and still no hint, maybe cognac was overpowering. Any advise to get correct taste for next batch would be greatly appreciated. Even rough estimate of oz. of pure extract would be helpful, I have know how much didn't work.