I'm looking at converting 7 lbs of raw honey into two gallons of mead: 1 gallon of Show Mead and 1 gallon of Methiglin.
The methiglin recipes I see all call for vanilla bean, which is prohibitively expensive for me, so I'm considering vanilla extract. I have a source at a local farmers market making "pure" extract (bean and grain alcohol ONLY).
1 - Any thoughts on the taste of the end product?
2 - Is there a conversion rate of bean to extract? I clearly don't want to overwhelm the mead with vanilla flavoring.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
The methiglin recipes I see all call for vanilla bean, which is prohibitively expensive for me, so I'm considering vanilla extract. I have a source at a local farmers market making "pure" extract (bean and grain alcohol ONLY).
1 - Any thoughts on the taste of the end product?
2 - Is there a conversion rate of bean to extract? I clearly don't want to overwhelm the mead with vanilla flavoring.
Thanks in advance for any advice!