Vanilla question

[Hayden512]

Recently brewed a stout I've done a few times. Scraped vanilla beans and soaked them in vodka since the day I brewed. Primary fermentation was done so I dumped them in yesterday after about 2.5 weeks. Was wondering if there's any benefit from them sitting on em for awhile. I pretty much made my own extract and sucked all the flavor into the vodka so wouldn't I be fine letting it sit for just a few days and then kegging it or would I get more flavor the longer it stays in the carboy?

 

[CJ-3]

Vanilla is one of those things that loses potency with time. Like you said, you basically made an extract ahead of time. After a few days feel free to keg and enjoy.

 

[TheBrewBrotha]

Any downside to not allowing vanilla beans to soak for a long period of time? I've been curious to the difference between a 1+week soak vs a 24hr soak. I would assume the shorter time wouldn't produce an extract but enough to sterilize beans for free dumping w/o vodka/spirit tincture