cooksalot wrote:
> On Sep 20, 6:15 pm, Ozark Baby > wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:26:57 -0500, zxcvbob >
>> wrote:
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>>> 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
>> Thank you for your reply. Yes, I was thinking about 5-8 oz sizes, as
>> these will be presents for Christmas.
>
> Well you do realize that once we open those bottles of vanilla they
> sit in the cupboard sometimes for years and are just fine. My bottle
> source is Mountain Rose Herbs http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/sup...s_bottles.html

Specialty Bottle (http://www.specialtybottle.com/) is another fine
source for containers. I've been very happy with my orders from them.
I use their tins for dry herbs and spices and have some eye-dropper
bottles for citrus oils and the like. They have very competitive
pricing too (always a bonus).