Flavoured Vodka

[Janne]

Lemoncello is nice.
Can you get Limes where you live? Make Limecello.

Thank you for reminding me.
I have two potted trees full ov very ripe Limes.
Yellow, sweet.

Just need to get some crapola Vodka tomorrow.

 

[Woody girl]

I'm looking forward to the spring time when the beech leaves come out. They are picked then steeped in the vodka with some sugar. Makes a potent brew which stumps everyone as to what it is.

 

[Robson Valley]

Janne: Make lime marmalade condiment for toasted bready things and as a glaze for BBQ chickens.
Ever here at 53N in the -30C depths of fekking winter, lime marmalade is worth doing.
Come to think of it, I'll bet stirred into a shot of vodka could be a very nice drink.

 

[Janne]

I have about 9 jars or so of Lime marmelade I made last year.
I am the only one eating it.
So it is either slicing it down into tea, or wasting it.
Limecello sounds like a good option, but it will be low in sugar.

 

[Keith_Beef]

In Moscow, I used to buy "spirt", 96% alcohol, and put a big handful of caraway seeds in the bottle to make poor man's Kümmel. With 96% alcohol, the extraction is a bit faster; then dilute half and half with water to get back down to a drinkable 48%.

I've also used ordinary 40% vodka and bird's tongue chilli peppers to make my own pertsovka; either for drinking neat or for mixing a bloody Mary.

 

[Janne]

Poor man’s Kümmel?
No, Thinking man’s Kümmel!
You made the real stuff.

I used to make Akvavit, which is similar. Caraway and dill seeds I used.
These alcohol less days I just buy a bottle of the widely travelled Linie.

 

[vestlenning]

Before all the fancy ready made stuff "Pors" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrica_gale ) was a popular flavour in Norway. I have made it a couple of times, good stuff.

 

[Janne]

Yes! Used that too. Nice with fish. Has a nice resin flavor.

In the old days, the poor people used it when they were brewing beer. Hops were expensive.