Vanilla rum is not always easy to find and is an absolute necessity when concocting a batch of yummy Rum Therapy “Nilla Killas“. I recently ran across several recipes to make your own vanilla rum – well actually you aren’t making the rum – just flavoring it with vanilla! It apparently takes a while for the full flavoring to occur, so I may start testing the process this weekend. Hope I can wait a full month to try it!
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Making Vanilla Rum
Ingredients
- 1 bottle Dark of Aged Rum
- 3 Plump Vanilla Beans (avoid dry and brittle beans)
- 1/2 c Simple Syrup (recipe below)
Instructions
- Make simple syrup mixture – combine equal parts of water to sugar in a sauce pan. Warm and stir until sugar has dissolved in the water. Remove syrup from heat and let cool to room temperature.
- Cut vanilla beans in half lengthwise.
- Pour off ½ cup of rum from bottle and save in different container for future use.
- Add cut vanilla beans to bottle.
- Pour simple syrup mixture into bottle.
- Let mixture sit for at least one month. The flavor will continue to get better with age.
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