Homemade infusions in amber jars: Fillmore Container giveaway
I’m so excited about kicking off a series of fall giveaways with another great prize package from Fillmore Container.
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The season of homemade holiday gifts is officially upon us; happy November all.
I love making liqueurs, extracts (think vanilla extract), bitters, and tinctures as gifts for friends and family. They bring homemade love and delicious flavors into baked goods, cocktails and beverages. They’re flexible surrounding your procrastination level since even if you run out of time to fully infuse the project yourself, gifting mid-infusion is a perfectly acceptable and even fun (for the recipient) gift to give.
Infusions and extracts should be stored in jars like these because they’re specially designed to block out UV rays which damage the volatile oils that make these infusions tasty and shorten their shelf life. The lids on these jars are made of an oil-resistant plastic and form a tight seal to keep flavors in the jar. Learn more about the amber jars by checking out this post on Fillmore Container’s website.
I find the 4- and 8-oz jar sizes are my favorite sizes for gift giving, and the 1-oz jars are perfect for stretching batches of precious bitters (or anything used in smaller quantities) amongst friends. The 16- and 32-oz sizes are perfect for any kombucha makers on your list, who need a stash of good quality tight-sealing jars as they cycle their batch of fizzy fermented tea every two weeks.
A case of these jars is a major gift in itself to anyone who likes to infuse stuff, all the mad scientists on your list. This gift of jars from Fillmore Container raised the bar on my homemade infusion storage capabilities by leaps and bounds. My new jars totally beat my motley collection of re-use bottles (all clear glass) and odd corks from liquor or other bottles. I look forward to infusing delicate flavors properly in future batches!
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I like to write directly on my jars with a silver Sharpie so I can easily change the contents of the jars as we use them up. Erasing these labels involves a few swipes with rubbing alcohol. You can certainly make sticker labels and then use orange oil to remove the sticky residue when you want to change them out, but I like the ease of Sharpie’ing. You can also skip writing on the jar itself and make gift tags as labels.
Fillmore Container will ship one lucky winner a case of 12 amber jars and their matching lids, plus a great stainless-steel funnel. Winner may mix and match jar sizes. Please enter this giveaway by using the rafflecopter link below.
Disclosures: Fillmore Container provided me with a complimentary case of assorted sizes of amber jars and they will be mailing the winner’s case of jars directly to them. Fillmore Container is a paid advertiser on this blog, but opinions and support for these products are my own.
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Reader Comments (74)
I was just making ginger syrup last night--these jars would be perrrrrfect!
I love to make vanilla to give as Christmas gifts.
Having just seen the jars in action last night with your rhubarb bitters I definitely want to get me hands on these!
Wow! Would really love to win this giveaway. Amber glass is so hard to find in AZ!!!!
Awesome! I am about to start a batch of vanilla extract!
Oh I would love to try to make kombucha or liqueurs! Love your blog :)
I've been looking high and low for good quality amber jars and bottles for my homemade body care, infusions and tinctures. So stoked to give these a try!!!!
i would really be thrilled to win and will use the jars for tinctures, infusions, oils.
I would definitely bottle my vanilla extract, but I've been interested in trying Kombucha or making my own vinegar.
I'll make a boatload of vanilla extract! And maybe try some bitters.
The possibilities are just endless!!!
Perfect for the holidays, Vanilla!
I have some vintage amber medicine jars (I think I just called something from my own childhood vintage, yikes) that I use for my own vanilla, but I refuse to give them away. These would be great for that. I've reused beer bottles with corks in the past, but scrubbing the labels off is a pain. Thanks!
As a chemist and former lab rat, it should come as no surprise that I adore amber glass bottles. When I made vanilla extract last year I even included NFPA safety diamonds on the labels!
Daughter and I buy in bulk so we often share things like vinegar and oils and spices. So these would work great for sharing and looking nice on the countertop.
I would love to win this! They would be perfect for my vanilla extract!
Thanks for the great give-away. Would love to win!
I would love to be able to make infusions with these! Alcohol infusions, vanilla extract, syrups for coffee, etc...would be so awesome!
For gallon jars I would use them to make vinegar or sauerkraut. Smaller sizes would be for extracts & the odd tinctures.
We do vanilla extract, of course. But we also do an almond and a ginger flavoring. I roughly chop up a jar full of almonds and fill it with vodka, then let it sit in the cupboard for a month or so. Strain off the liquid for flavoring (and save the nuts for ice cream sundaes!). The ginger is just candied ginger chopped up small in some vodka. We don't get super complicated, but it's fun having the flavors around for drinks and desserts and whatnot.
Great for shrub syrup, also!
These would be so perfect for my extracts - almond, lemond & almond!!
I love these amber jars! They would be perfect for all my liqueurs I made this summer. My favorite is the black currant liqueur (creme de cassis). This would be perfect for gift giving!
I love new jars! :)
Gorgeous! I would love to make my own extracts on these beautiful bottles!