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ReplyGreat site you’ve got here. I’m just starting my first couple batches of limoncello right now. I read on another website a while ago that you could take a bit of lemon juice and use it in the simple syrup addition. What are your thoughts on this? I’ve also heard that adding a bit of vanilla can help to smooth out the flavor of the limoncello. Finally, after looking for “grain alcohol” here in utah, the only thing I could find was 190 proof Everclear that comes in 200mL bottles. What would you suggest to make that better tasting? More time?
ReplyThanks for your comment on Limoncello on our site. I love your blog! An entire blog devoted to limoncello – brilliant! Are you on Twitter? If so, we’d love to follow you. Cheers!
ReplyThanks! Glad you’re enjoying the blog. I am on Twitter, the name on there is the same: Limoncelloquest
ReplyFirst off, I have enjoyed your site very much. I especially appreciate your very objective approach as well as your obvious love of limoncello. The combination of real interest and actual information is a rare thing these days.
I’m in North Carolina, and have some difficulty finding organic lemons, but several months ago discovered some at the Fresh Market store. They looked ok, but am sure they’re not anything like what you have access to. At any rate, I got some, and also got some grain alcohol – believe it or not, I could only find 190 proof at that time -3 bottles at that! So . . . the peels/filtered 190 proof mixture have been “fermenting” for about 3 months. It’s time to dilute and add the syrup solution. Do you have any thoughts on how much dilution and how much syrup to add per 750 ml bottle of 190 proof solution?
I assume conventional wisdom is to get the final product down to around 50-60 proof, but given the higher initial proof and the fact I used 11 lemons per 750 ml bottle, I may want to get the final proof a bit higher so as not to dilute the actual lemon flavor any more than necessary. Or, maybe that doesn’t matter.
Thanks very much, and next time I’ll try to find some 151 proof grain instead!
C. Coulter
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