Why Does My Homemade Vanilla Tastes Like Alcohol. You can get away with using 4 beans per 8 ounces of alcohol but the flavor wont be quite as concentrated. Option one is to just wait it out.
Because of that vanilla will age for two years or longer. Thus alcohol is inherent to the extract. As a side note there may be other ways of extracting vanilla than with alcohol and with glycerin and not all of them will taste the same.
If the alcohol flavor dominates the flavor of the vanilla after two months you might need to do some troubleshooting.
Thats why most vanilla extracts are made with an alcohol base. I remember the moment clearly. Its normally used in quantities small enough that you wouldnt taste the alcohol and often cooked for some time eg. I like my vanilla to be very strong so I can use less so I tend to use 6 beans per 8 oz of alcohol.
