vanilla extract amounts

[mahaley57]

We have a great near smoked porter recipe we use, and would like to do a vanilla porter with this base next tome we brew. How much good quality vanilla extract per gallon would be a reasonable amount?
I was thinking about 1 1/2tsp per gallon. Thoughts?

 

[HomebrewMTB]

It's very noticeable in the porter I did with two teaspoons. If you keg, you can always add more.

 

[Frogmanx82]

For not too much trouble you can buy a bean, cut it, soak it in 4 oz vodka, and add the vodka. One bean for 5 gallons is typical.

 

[MHALEY57]

it's very noticeable in the porter i did with two teaspoons. If you keg, you can always add more.

i do keg, so i'll start low and move up as needed.
Thanks for the inof, thought i'd ask before i screwed up 5 gallons of good porter!

 

[BrothOfVigor]

I've done a porter with 2 tsp of high quality vanilla extract (into a 5gal batch) at the time of bottling and it wasn't detectable at all. I was afraid of over doing it. I would be nervous about 1.5 tsp/gal, but who knows! Maybe that's the magic number!