I ran into this issue last night...it was kinda humorous though. I was making enough steel cut oatmeal to last me a week of breakfasts and I like to put vanilla in it to make it extra tasty. Remembering how nasty the stuff was straight when I tasted it as a kid, I figured I'd try a drop of it again to see if it was still gross. As soon as it hit my tongue I was like, "OMG that burns like ALCOHOL!" and then I looked on the box and saw the stuff was 35% alcohol. Kinda flipped out for a minute...waiting for my abstinent world to come crashing down over a drop of straight vanilla extract but it didn't...oh, good times in the kitchen. LOL