Storing Vanilla Beans

[fizzix]

LOTS of great historic vanilla posts, but I've yet to see how to store them for future use.
Refrigerate or freeze an opened pouch?

[still_stirrin]

I vacuum seal and store at "cellar temperature".

[fizzix]

Thank you very much, still_stirrin !

[Copperhead road]

I keep mine in a glass laboratory test tube with a cork in it, they seem to last a long time.
Do they actually have a shelf life?

[Expat]

Like most natural products they do have a shelf life. A couple of years if sealed, cool, dry and dark. Realistically, a lot longer but in theory you're losing flavor so they say, but I could never tell the difference.

[Stew8]

Bought some in Bali and kept him in a plastic tub in a drawer and went mouldy and musty.. It’s worth checking on them now and then.
A sad day,,,,but I guess I’ll need to go back and buy some more...

[jb-texshine]

A recycled longneck beer bottle and cork.
I'm high tech like that.
Jb

[jonnys_spirit]

How about filling a small jar with the beans and topping it off with 95% neutral?

[WIski]

J_S Wrote'
How about filling a small jar with the beans and topping it off with 95% neutral?

This is what I do and then I use the extract to flavor whatever I'm working on. Seems to be a more controlled way to get what you want when flavoring. YMMV

[fizzix]

Thanks, pals. Now to venture into a vanilla rum test before committing to a whole rum batch.
You guys know your stuff.