Close your eyes, Karisa.
I think I paid about $20 for a very cheap bottle of vodka. The Seagrams Extra Smooth I bought the second time was about double that, but again, even though the Seagrams smelled better at first, I liked the final result of the cheap stuff.
I will pm you about beans, iheartsam.
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oh, and yes, you can just put the beans in the bottle of vodka. You'll have to pour some out to make room, though.
I used a separate bottle to make mine, but I was also using the vodka to extract elderberries.