http://limoncelloquest.com A Personal Pilgrimage to Create the Perfect Limoncello Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:51:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I should have posted this review while it was still summertime but better late than never I guess. This is actually batch #12 for those who follow along. I wanted to get fancy and do a batch that tasted like a Mojito. Here's the recipe I used: Liquor: One bottle of ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/mojitocello-lime-zest-with-mint I've heard that the secret to great limoncello is to add the zest of one lime to the lemon zest before infusion. So I gave this a try to see if it adds anything. The result had a nice milky white color out of the freezer, I don't usually get ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/limoncello-with-lime-zest-batch-11-results So far in my limoncello-making career I've made very few batches that would qualify as unmitigated train wrecks. This is just one such batch. I read somewhere on the internet that adding the juice of the lemons to the batch along with the zest creates a nice flavor. I doubted ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/batch-10-limoncello-with-lemon-juice Just a site update, I've significantly expanded the page on recipes using lemon juice. If you have any additions, please email them to me. Enjoy! http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/recipes-using-lemon-juice I regularly surf the web in search of ideas for better limoncello recipes and I wandered onto this site where I found the idea for putting pineapple into the infusion. The author of the blog was kind enough to send me the recipe which I modified in minor ways to ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/pineapple-limoncello-results I ran out of grain alcohol but wanted to run a test between organic and non-organic lemons. I have always heard that non-organic lemons are better for making Limoncello and that makes sense but they are expensive and very hard to find so I wanted to test it. I tried ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/batches-7-8-organic-vs-non-organic-lemons I set aside one bottle each from my first two batches so I could see what happens when you let them rest for a long time. Both of these rested for over 6 months in my basement and then I put them in the freezer for a while and tasted ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/revisiting-batches-1-2 #6 meant to be my best to date, liquor filtered 6x and rested with zest for 90 days. Back to usual sugar concentration. Good light color and smell. Nice lemony flavor, more so than batch #4 and though it's quite a bit sweeter it's still relatively balanced. Picks are that ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/batch-6-results For batch #5, I forgot to filter the liquor so I know this will be on the rough side. I consider it almost a wasted batch if I don't filter the liquor because the flavor is so much harsher than filtered batches. The color is on the darker side as ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/batch-5-results I haven't had a batch to post about in a while and now I have several. Here is the first of the new crop: Liquor: Two 750ml bottles of Everclear 151 Liquor filtration: 5x Lemons: 17 Non-organic, waxed and scrubbed Days peels and liquor rested: 63 Simple Syrup - Cups Sugar: 3, Cups Water: 5 Days ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/batch-4-results