While vodka, rum, or bourbon are common choices ... First, make sure you're using high-quality vanilla beans. When shopping for yours, look for beans from Madagascar, which is the country that ...

Stock a few bottles of the best mid-shelf brands of scotch to make a vanilla bean scotch and ginger ale and some standard ...

Vanilla beans come from a special type of orchid plant ... dry pods in a sterilised bottle and cover them with high-proof alcohol, such as vodka, rum, cognac or brandy. It doesn’t have to ...