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Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 11:32 am
by 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?
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:08 pm
by still_stirrin
I vacuum seal and store at "cellar temperature".
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 1:28 pm
by fizzix
Thank you very much, still_stirrin !
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:00 am
by 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?
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:59 am
by 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.
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:30 am
by 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...
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:19 am
by jb-texshine
A recycled longneck beer bottle and cork.
I'm high tech like that.
Jb
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:28 am
by jonnys_spirit
How about filling a small jar with the beans and topping it off with 95% neutral?
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:45 am
by 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
Re: Storing Vanilla Beans
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:31 pm
by fizzix
Thanks, pals. Now to venture into a vanilla rum test before committing to a whole rum batch.
You guys know your stuff.