My home made still in full flight!
How to make Limoncello
1. Collect 1 Liter alcohol from the still (about 97 % Alcohol)
2. Peel the rind (no pith) from 8 organic, unwaxed smooth lemons and cut it in fine strips. Now put the alcohol and lemon peel in a glass container, shake, close and put in a cool dark place. Turn / shake the bottle once a day for about six weeks
3. Filter through a double muslin cloth and discard solids. Then filter the alcohol through a carbon filter as it results in a cleaner end product, if you do not have a carbon filter, just proceed after the muslin filtering
4. Dilute the alcohol with cool distilled water (made with the still) to a alcohol content of about 40 % (Use Pearson square).
5. Mix 1 Kg of sugar in the alcohol mixture and stir to dissolve well. Start with about 700 g sugar and taste the end product and keep adding small amounts of sugar, until you are happy with the sweetness of the end product
6. Bottle, label and store
ENJOY !!
You New Zealanders are SO spoiled with your ability to distill alcohol. We Aussies can get put in jail for that :(.
Peculiar that they want to jail you for something that millions of people have been doing for thousands of years. Their motivation – once again Money, the evil of all.
Indeed! I think I can feel a little illicit hillbilly bolshiness coming on. I have a large stainless steel vessel that was left on the property when we inherited it and I have always thought that it would make a very good still 😉
Not too large – you may get addicted !
I am a one pot screamer, I fall asleep after a very small amount so I don’t think I will have any problems (a thimble full should do me 😉 )