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  • kabintylen
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    Re: Limoncello--lemon ecstasy with your coffee

    Originally posted by 153A33312619353A35333139313A20540 link=1273376522/18#18 date=1278849270
    AND ????
    *hic* [smiley=cheesy.gif]

    Fantastic stuff, had a few mates plow through the first bottle of it. Now Im trying to decide what the best way of drinking it is. Mixing it with mineral water seems to be the overall favourite, for alcoholic Solo. But I prefer it with an espresso.

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  • A_M
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    Originally posted by 53595A51564C41545D56380 link=1273376522/17#17 date=1277729800
    Cant wait to try my first batch of homemade lemoncello, just one more day of resting then I can try it!

    AND ????

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  • kabintylen
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    Originally posted by 6D514C575D5C4B5E565D390 link=1273376522/16#16 date=1277703068
    I had to intervene and swear Id seen him do it only 1/2 an hour before.  
    ;D Sounds like a guy I used to work with, produced a 3 day growth in the space of a day.

    Cant wait to try my first batch of homemade lemoncello, just one more day of resting then I can try it!

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  • Thundergod
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    Originally posted by 7171713B0 link=1273376522/15#15 date=1277696446
    40%? Thatll put hair on your chest.
    Probably.

    I once worked with an Italian lad whos father made his own wine.
    Everyone at work swore you could see his hair grow if he sat still; like bamboo.

    I used to pick him up and drive him to work and remember on one occasion waiting for him to finish shaving and then we had a quick bite of breakfast and went to work.
    When we walked in, the 2IC stopped him and proceeded to tell him off for not shaving and I had to intervene and swear Id seen him do it only 1/2 an hour before. ;D

    That stuff would "grow hair on a billiard ball", as the expression goes.

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  • JJJ
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    Originally posted by 17223537073F223D313C34500 link=1273376522/14#14 date=1277470945
    I got the Spirytus for [ch8800]$55 and that made about 1.2 Litres of Limoncello at 40%. The local stuff was 25% and cost about $42 for 500 ml.
    40%? Thatll put hair on your chest.
    The Italian stuff i buy is 32% and i thought that was pretty damn strong.

    So your method costs about $50 a litre to make, whilst my imported stuff is close to double that.
    Wow, thats a pretty impressive saving right there, especially if the taste is as superior as you suggest.

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  • GregWormald
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    I got the Spirytus for [ch8800]$55 and that made about 1.2 Litres of Limoncello at 40%. The local stuff was 25% and cost about $42 for 500 ml.

    Even with the cost of the lemons, the homemade is much cheaper--and the taste was **FAR** superior.

    Time for my third batch this weekend.

    Greg

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  • JJJ
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    A beautiful drink is limoncello, and thats from a usual non-drinker.
    I buy a rather expensive imported limoncello but i dont imbibe often so a bottle lasts me quite a long time.
    Straight its a wonderful digestive (thats how its used in Italy) but its equally lovely through some tonic water.

    I knew it was something one could make at home but i didnt realise just how simple it was.
    How does it work out, cost wise? I imagine the Spirytus is quite expensive.

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  • GregWormald
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    Re: Limoncello--lemon ecstasy with your coffee

    Originally posted by 5172706B6C65606D69020 link=1273376522/8#8 date=1277026076
    Ive had an attempt at this and its pretty addictive - but too sweet.
    Glad you liked it, Im enjoying my second batch. Once the oils are dissolved it is ready to make, and the finer the shreds the quicker the extraction. It does also smooth out with a bit of bottle age, even stored in the freezer.

    Ive decided I really like a lime or twos peel in the mix for added flavour, and of course you can make it as sweet or as strong as you like. I would not advise a drink without the added water though. My Hungarian friend says the undiluted spirit would be popular at home! Me--I get a buzz from one shot glass full straight from the fridge.

    Greg

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  • dariush
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    Theres a technique to drinking it... but I wouldnt recommend it.

    Take a breath... drink... wait... wait... wait... exhale... gasp as your throat burns.

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  • maheel
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    Originally posted by 7673607B67617A120 link=1273376522/9#9 date=1277032966
    Originally posted by 7D5E5C4740494C41452E0 link=1273376522/8#8 date=1277026076
    I asked at First Choice and was told there was no such thing as 95% pure grain spirit ?  
    Dan Murphys and the Polish club are the only two places I have come across it - ask for Spirytus vodka.
    are you guys sure they are selling 95% spirit? Spirit at the strength is quite dangerous??? is it intended to be consumed at that %?

    i am a bit of a home brewer, I aim for +-93% but would not consider consuming it. I find it actually flavours up in the 40 - 60% range best but that is making a whiskey on oak chips and over years of soaking......


    ok so they do..... thats crazy

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  • dariush
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    Re: Limoncello--lemon ecstasy with your coffee

    Originally posted by 7D5E5C4740494C41452E0 link=1273376522/8#8 date=1277026076
    I asked at First Choice and was told there was no such thing as 95% pure grain spirit ?
    Dan Murphys and the Polish club are the only two places I have come across it - ask for Spirytus vodka.

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  • Springbok
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    Ive had an attempt at this and its pretty addictive - but too sweet.

    In fact I was going to bring it over to the Brisbane meet on the 6th but you all looked a bit straightlaced so I left it in the car seeing it was 11am on a Sunday!

    Also consulted the internet and found varying recipes and time frames from 4 days to 6 weeks and from fine gratings to submerging whole peels in the Vodka - I asked at First Choice and was told there was no such thing as 95% pure grain spirit ? anyway iI also do an orange infused vodka as well a bit like a Cointreau .. sort of ...and so Vodka it is.

    I have just tried another batch and its been in my cupboard for 31 hours so far - this time I will try 300grams of sugar.

    Its really a great discovery

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  • A_M
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    Any one bringing this on the 6th...

    Would make for a great end to teh day

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  • A_M
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    Originally posted by 637B633C7A667C6B6B0E0 link=1273376522/5#5 date=1274316508
    Sounds divine. am printing this out to do in the next few days.
    Great, it will be ready for teh meet up on teh 6th ;D

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  • mum2three
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    Sounds divine. am printing this out to do in the next few days.

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