Anybody make Limoncello.

All this HC reform is making me thirsty.
I was wondering if anyone makes their own limocello.
I am on my second batch. The first was great right after I diluted it with sugar water, but after mellowing for 6 months became to sweet. Anybody have recipes? I was thinking of adding fresh vanilla to half of this batch.

 

I have gotten them from online. I am going to throw up a few pics and the recipe I am going to use.

 

Down here we have satsumas. I used the rinds then cut them up and dropped them in. Ever done that with oranges? I did not care for it and I couldn't decide if it was because the satsumas' rinds did not produce enough oil or if it was to bitter b/c of piths.

And, How much sugar do you usually use. I used 5 cups for 1 bottle everclear and 1 bottle of vodka. It was to sweet for me. Thinking about dropping it to 4 cups with 2 bottles of everclear

 

What I used:

20 lemons
2 bottles Everclear
4 cups sugar
4 cups water
1 Giant Mason jar
3 Lemonade bottles (from World Market)

Used a zester to zest 20 lemons making POSITIVELY sure I did not get any white pith. Got pith on my first batch and I could clearly taste the bitterness.


Added lemon zest and one bottle of Everclear to giant Mason jar and let sit in a cool dark area for over a month. Shaking jar every few days.


When rinds are whitish and flaky, the process is most likely done.


I strained Everclear and rinds through a coffee micro filter then through a regular coffee filter inside the micro filter.


I made the simple syrup on the stage with 4cups sugar 4 cups water. I had tried 5 cups last batch and once it mellowed became very sweet, but still good. User's preference.

 

I allowed the syrup to cool then added it to the original Everclear AND another bottle of Everclear. It is in a pot because I had nothing big enough to fit it all. DO NOT heat the alcohol mixture.


After mixing the alcohol and syrup together I began to bottle them in the lemonade bottles. I ended up having more than three bottle so the extra went into leftover limoncello.


This is a picture of Jello Shots for St. Patty parade last Saturday. I was impressed with myself.

 

Splenda-yuck

Just to let you clementines and satsuma are very similar so don't try my method!

I had a friend say he had limocello with vanilla bean. I may add that to one bottle and let it mellow.

 

Also, I am allowing the bottles to mellow for an additional month to allow the sugar and lemon oil to "mingle"

 

I may do exactly that. I have a total of 4 bottles. One for me. One for my aunt. I'll do mint and vanilla bean for the other two. Thanks.