On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:34:16 -0700 (PDT), Merryb >
wrote:

>On Sep 21, 11:22*am, zipporah > wrote:
>> cooksalot wrote:
>> > On Sep 20, 6:15 pm, Ozark Baby > wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:26:57 -0500, zxcvbob >
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >>> 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 Herbshttp://www.mountainroseherbs.com/supply/glass_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
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>Thanks for the link- very cool!

I was lucky and found a place that is not to far from me physically,
meaning I can order the 4-oz bottles and go and pick them up, thereby
saving the high shipping fees.