Today is: May 18, 2012 - 07:33:00
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Just wanted to let everyone know that I finally posted a review of Danny DeVito’s Limoncello. I also made a couple site upgrades. I changed the text links (in the site navigation) from the difficult-to-read yellow to green and made some other behind-the-scenes upgrades.
I’ve heard that Meyer lemons are a better approximation of the lemons used in Sorrento than normal lemons so I tried a batch. They are not organic (not easy to get organic ones here) but I scrubbed them well and used fruit wash.
The flavor is…well…different. So much so that it doesn’t taste like limoncello to me. It’s as different from what I consider normal limoncello as batches made with lime or orange zest. It doesn’t taste like those other batches, but it’s equidistant from the flavor of limoncello. The aroma is very subtle and the flavor is somewhat more bitter. It sort of tastes like candied citrus zest, both sweet and bitter.
It is a tasty batch but having never been to the Amalfi region of Italy myself, I’m entirely unqualified to say whether it tastes more authentic. I don’t like it as much as my normal limoncello though because it’s not as brightly flavored.
Liquor: One bottle of 151 Proof Everclear
Liquor filtration: 5x
Lemons: 12 Meyer lemons scrubbed with Environne fruit wash
Days peels and liquor rested: 83
Simple Syrup – Cups Sugar: 1.75, Cups Water: 2.5
Final filtration: 5x
Limoncello with Meyer Lemons - Batch #15
I changed a few things on this batch but only one that I think makes a big difference. In this batch I used distilled water instead of tap water. We have a WaterWise distiller that I used for this experiment but you can get cheap distilled water at any grocery store. And I recommend doing that because this is a VERY good batch.
The aroma is very clean and crisp. The flavor is also very clean and lemony. I noticed some film on the inside of the bottle but much less than in other batches. This is perhaps the purest tasting batch I’ve ever made. There are no detectable off flavors and it’s a batch I imagine the Italians would love. It needs some time to sit, there’s a heavy dose of heat on the finish but this could prove to be my best batch ever. Two other minor changes to help with the film buildup were washing the lemons with Environne fruit wash before zesting and in the final filtration I added an extra filtering.
Liquor: One bottle of 151 Proof Everclear
Liquor filtration: 5x
Lemons: 12 organic lemons scrubbed with Environne fruit wash
Days peels and liquor rested: 84
Simple Syrup – Cups Sugar: 1.75, Cups Water: 2.5
Final filtration: 5x
