# Homemade limoncello? Have you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [June 15, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-limoncello-have-you/1019652 "2025-06-15T05:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
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Sounds like a fun experiment; I’ll look forward to the results. Meanwhile, here’s more ancient and merely old discussion of homemade limoncello: > [@Limoncello-making advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limoncello-making-advice-needed/385583): > > I saw a recipe in a Martha Stewart holiday gifts magazine for making Limoncello, and I want to try making some. I have the lemons, my Microplane zester, and a big glass jar. Since sometimes the recipes in Martha’s magazines are just a bit wonky, I looked up more recipes on Google to see how on-track this one was, and now I have questions for the people on here who have made this before. Vodka, Everclear or a 50/50 mix? Use all the alcohol at once with the zest, or use half and add the other h… > [@Homemade Limoncello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-limoncello/454062): > > Hey folks, I feel like making some Limoncello. Just got back to the states after a trip thru Europe and Italy and I got a craving for some Limoncello. I have talked to some people and have a general idea what I need to do and have a working recipe. I am asking you all for some advice should I use cheap or good or \*\*very good \*\* vodka how long should I “season” the mix? how do you like to drink it? and of course any other tips would be greatly appreciated. cheers > [@Talk to me about Homemade Limoncello!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-homemade-limoncello/494063): > > The thread about Everclear got me thinking about trying my hand at making some Limoncello for the first time. I’ve never tried it before so I decided to ask for some experiences and advice. In some travels on the web I came across the blog [LimoncelloQuest](http://limoncelloquest.com/) by an obsessive guy trying to uncover the perfect Limoncello recipe. There’s a lot of information there but many of his techniques and waiting times vary widely from the more common recipes elsewhere on the web. Dopers, what have your attempt… > [@My latest batch of limoncello tastes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-batch-of-limoncello-tastes/828481): > > like youth and Summer and being in love for the first time. That is all. And some discussion on what to do with it once it’s ready: > [@I bought some limoncello; now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-some-limoncello-now-what/582245): > > I’m not really sure what possessed me to buy limoncello (lemon liqueur) except that a drink that I had and greatly enjoyed was composed of limoncello and tequila, and I was already buying tequila to make Tequila Sunrises, so, hey, why not throw some in there? So I’ve mixed the limoncello and tequila and floated a little cointreau on top; quite yummy. My limoncello is stored in the freezer, and last night, I sipped at a liqueur glass-full of it as I fixed dinner, also quite good. Any other ideas… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-limoncello-have-you/1019652)._