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Default question about homemade vanilla extract

Ozark Baby wrote:
> We are planning on making our own homemade vanilla extract. What I
> want to do is to be able to give some as gifts. What size bottle would
> anyone recommend for gifts? The other question is if I would need to
> seal, like with canning, such jars of extract once it is made, after 6
> months, or what? Would this homemade extract be ok just sitting on
> shelves or should it be refrigerated or what? Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>



Are you gonna get 5 ounce glass bottles for it? (I've never seen little
brown bottles for sale, but that would be the way to go if you can find
them.) I don't know how you intend to make your extract, I'll assume by
steeping chopped vanilla beans in bourbon or rye or vodka, but i think
you just need to screw the lids down tight.

Bob