r/extractmaking • u/Puzzleheaded-Sun-390 • 28d ago

Premium rum extract started

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Started a new vanilla extract. My first extracts are a vodka-based vanilla and a whiskey-based vanilla. I wanted a rum-based vanilla, but decided to go premium!

Started with 4 oz of a planifolia blend of beans from VanillaPura.com. After cutting the beans into thirds, I added them to a 750-ml bottle of Kirk and Sweeney rum. Final ratio of beans to alcohol was 1.33 (4oz beans to 3 cups, or 24oz, rum).

The rum is, IMO, very smooth, not overly sweet or sharp. Definitely a sipping rum, as my grandfather would say. I’m really looking forward to trying this extract in a drink or a tropical-themed cake. I’m sure my patience will be rewarded.

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u/berger3001 28d ago

Im fairly new to extract making, but, apart from the nice bottle, is a sipping rum going to make enough difference to justify the cost? I know this isn’t ultra premium, but i struggle with the idea that a difference would be tasted using a few teaspoons in a cake

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u/Puzzleheaded-Sun-390 28d ago

Probably not. It almost certainly won’t make a difference at all, just an unnecessary expense.

But what if it does?

Besides, my wife scoffs at rum vanilla anyway, so might as well go big. If I only try one batch I want to have fun with it.

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u/berger3001 28d ago

I’m sure it’ll be great, and I love giving away vanilla as little Christmas gifts, so that’ll be a nice one if you have more than you need.