Vanilla Essence

The first goal I've completed for 2012 was to make some vanilla essence. Well mostly completed anyway - it takes six months to mature so technically it won't be finished til July. But I'm going to ignore that little detail and mark this goal as done.

My favourite part of making the vanilla essence was buying the vodka. The drinking age in New Zealand is eighteen, so I was amused when the guy behind the counter asked for some ID. I'm old enough to take that as a compliment now!

I used the instructions from here if you're interested in making some yourself.