Bourbon Madagascar vanilla bean extract?

[purelyscientific]

I have a small bottle of it and it smells great. I got it from the local supermarket.

It contains- water, alcohol, natural Madagascar bourbon extract.

What do you guys think?
I planned on reducing 30mL of it down to 7-8 and adding a mL of PG to keep it sterile.
I may try some as is. Reducing might not be needed.

Has anyone used this?
Here is a pic. what I have looks similar-

 

[scarf-ace]

Try a small amount before adding heaps to your recipe. Bourbon vanilla has been known to harbor some off-notes.... a stale potpourri-like quality, or a disconcerting booziness (not surprising since by law vanilla extract must contain alcohol). Not saying don't use it, just try it out small-scale first.

I made a batch of fresh ginger root maceration and on impulse, chucked in half a vanilla bean. Smells awesome.

 

[Charlie369]

(not surprising since by law vanilla extract must contain alcohol).

How comes its law to have alcohol in? I'm pretty sure vanillin (the main 'vanillary' aroma compound) is only soluble in alcohol

 

[purelyscientific]

I evaporated 25mL down to 6mL and added 1mL of PG to keep mold and other nasty things at bay. Then I filtered it.
I'm letting it settle/steep on its own before I make a juice with it.

 

[Aurora-Oblivion]

Can't wait to hear how this tastes, thanks for your experiments!

I see this is available at Walmart (in store only) and ebay (around $4.90 for 2oz, or $10-15 for 8oz) for anyone interested later on. On ebay, I also see Watkins Orange, Lemon, Almond, Mint, Peppermint, and Anise

 

[purelyscientific]

OMG, I have some almond extract and it smells AMAZING
It doesn't even smell like almond, it smells like cherry, sweet delicious almond cherry.

After I test this vanilla I'll start working on the almond flavor.

Watkins flavors come off as very high quality to me. They are expensive and made with high quality ingredients. I bet those other flavors you mentioned smell great.
WL Lemon smells just like watkins lemon flavor. My grandma uses it to make her jeanette cookies lol