http://limoncelloquest.com A Personal Pilgrimage to Create the Perfect Limoncello Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:46:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 I started two new batches this week to test whether using organic lemons adds to the flavor or quality of the Limoncello. I have absolutely no doubt that it reduces toxins in the finished product since it's the outside of the lemon that is used in making the Limoncello. However, ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/testing-the-merits-of-organic-lemons I made this test batch using the zest of 10 oranges and otherwise the same methodology as the lime-infused batch, 3 weeks infusion with a bottle of 100 proof Smirnoff vodka filtered four times and simple syrup with 2.5 cups water and 2 cups sugar. This batch was easy to ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/arancello-orange-cello-test So I wanted to see how it would taste if I infused my liquor with other fruit flavors. The most obvious place to start was limes. So, I made a half batch to test using the zest of 10 limes infused into a bottle of 100 proof Smirnoff vodka. I ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/lime-cello-test This test is as scientific as I'm able to conduct at home. I used the exact same materials, time, lemons, etc. for both halves of one batch. The only difference was filtering the liquor. I wanted to see what kind of difference, if any, liquor filtration has on the final ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/batch-3-split-test Because it was made with few changes from the first batch, the second turned out similar. Here are the stats on the second batch: Liquor: Two 750ml bottles of Everclear 151 Liquor filtration: 2x Lemons: 17 Non-organic, waxed and scrubbed Days peels and liquor rested: 49 Simple Syrup - Cups Sugar: 4, Cups Water: 5 Days syrup rested ... http://limoncelloquest.com/posts/batch-2-results