Limoncello

[rudedog78]

My father once drank about 6 glasses of Limoncello in the morning (roughly one ounce each)... yes, he his an alcoholic... but anyways. Obviously he hadnt eaten anything and probably drank some beer waking up. He had the worst pain ever at the restaurant later when we went to eat, I thought he was going to die.

So, dont drink this stuff on an empty stomach because it's a digestif and it's to help you digest!

[Namdrahsirhc]

Actually i work in a family owned italian restaraunt in South Jersey. The woman who owns it is about 60 yrs old and she makes her own limoncello. The stuff is amazing. She peels about 10 lemons, soaks them in a handle of everclear for a weak, strains them, adds a handle of water and a lot of sugar and freezes it. We give it out for free to our good customers since you cant sell homemade alcohol without some kinda permit

[CardSharpCook]

I think the alch content is low - around 6%, but I could be wrong.

[rudedog78]

It varies between 25% and 35%, from what ive seen.

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Actually i work in a family owned italian restaraunt in South Jersey. The woman who owns it is about 60 yrs old and she makes her own limoncello. The stuff is amazing. She peels about 10 lemons, soaks them in a handle of everclear for a weak, strains them, adds a handle of water and a lot of sugar and freezes it. We give it out for free to our good customers since you cant sell homemade alcohol without some kinda permit

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I've been thinking about making my own limoncello. It's usually rather expensive outside Italy (at least it is in Denmark) and it sounds like it isn't too hard work making it.
How much is a handle ? Is that like one bottle (70 cl) or ? And does she peel off the white inside of the lemons ?
Do you know if you can use non-ecological/biological lemons ?

<font color="yellow"> LIMONCELLO FOREVER <font color="yellow"> </font>

[codewarrior]

When TG and I were in Rome this past Spring, we had it after dinner at a little sidewalk restaraunt around the corner from the Colleseum. The just bring it to you after dinner. Good stuff. A shot of that on top of your espresso get you a little wired though, and considering no one eats dinner until 9:00 at night, you wind up staying up late a lot.

[ditto]

They give it away in european ski resorts at the door of nightclubs to get you in. Tastes like [censored] and you normally see it again the next morning...