# Homemade Liqueurs: Let's make some! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985 "2012-07-02T07:44:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/21 "2012-07-04T17:33:03Z")
I’m working on a batch of noccino with some green walnuts from the yard. Will report in November or so. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/22 "2012-07-04T19:03:02Z")
I do like limoncello - as said, all you need is either vodka or grain alcohol, lemon peels/zest, and simple syrup. It’s cloyingly sweet and boozy on its own, but it mixes great with a variety of things and it’s tasty on the rocks with some lemon juice for balance. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/23 "2012-07-04T19:21:27Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Okay, okay… > > I’ll stop by Silenus and pick up some sour cherry hootch, and then pop in on Czarcasm when the chocolate brew is finished steeping. > > We’ll call it the Chocolate-Covered Cherry IED, because after drinking it, you’ll be BOMBED. > ~VOW Less of a kick, but that’s what we call chocolate vodka and Wild Cherry Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/24 "2012-07-04T19:48:15Z")
Toss a few cinnamon sticks into a fifth or liter of vodka and allow to steep until it turns to a deep, profound red. Strain out cinnamon sticks and mix 1:1 with simple syrup (1 part sugar to 1 part water. Heat until sugar is well dissolved; cool and use.) Try it in your hot tea in the winter time, or over vanilla ice cream. Or knock off a shot or two. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/25 "2012-07-05T15:47:05Z")
Holy god - 45 pounds of cherries? I love cherries, but that’s a lotta cherries. Oof. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/26 "2012-08-03T03:36:35Z")
My brother handed me a big bowl of raspberries a couple of weeks ago. I think he was hoping to have it returned to him as pie, but the raspberries had already begun to ferment. Into the blender they went. Then I worked them through a strainer, added a bit of lime juice and set some aside (freezer) as a coulis. Next step, cooked up some sugar syrup and added the raspberry puree while it was still hot. Again, I froze some to put on pound cake or almond cake. After that, the remainder was mixed with vodka and placed in the fridge in canning jars. I shake 'em up every few days. After about six weeks, I will strain the result and call it a party ingredient. I’ve done this with rum to good result too. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/27 "2012-08-03T04:58:51Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My most requested recipe is for Bailey’s, but that requires cheap Irish whisky, like Jameson’s. You must be psychic; it’s being requested again. Please don’t make me search for it. I made nocino (booze from green walnuts) last summer and just decanted it; it’s an interesting taste, more like a _digestif_ than anything else, but they have their place too. Now I want to try something faster/sweeter. Oh, I got on nocino from this article in the Reader: [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/one-sip-nightwood-nocino/Content?oid=4064725](http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/one-sip-nightwood-nocino/Content?oid=4064725) ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/28 "2012-08-03T12:12:31Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > Cucumber Vodka. > drink it on the rocks on a hot day when you have no plans This! I recently bought a bottle of nice cubumber vodka. The absolute best thing I can make with it is just straight cucumber vodka on ice with soda water. So nice on a hot day! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/29 "2012-08-03T23:23:18Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > You must be psychic; it’s being requested again. > > Please don’t make me search for it. Your command is my wish: Mix together well: 2 egg yolks 1 pint heavy cream (could use half and half if you’re a candy ass) 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. instant coffee dissolved in 1 Tbs. water 2 Tbs. chocolate syrup 6 - 8 oz. Jameson Irish Whiskey (6 makes it smooth, 8 kicks you in the ass - your choice) or Bushmills Makes just over 1 liter. Pour into bottles and refrigerate. Shake before serving. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/30 "2012-08-03T23:29:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > For vodka, try a Cranberry liqueur. In a large, food grade plastic bucket, mash up 5 pounds of frozen cranberries. Add 3 cups white sugar and mash some more. Pour in 1/2 gallon vodka and stir. Let set 24 hours. Add 1.5 gallons vodka and let set, covered, for 48 hours. Strain through cheesecloth to remove the fruit. Taste and adjust sweetness to your liking. Bottle. Similar, but more to my liking: use lingonberries, with a bit of orange and lemon peel and and few cardamom pods. I took the cardamom out after 24 hours, and the citrus peels out after a two or three days, to prevent bitterness. I didn’t add any sweetener, though I did bruise the lingonberries first. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985/31 "2012-08-04T16:25:39Z")
Thanks, silenus! I’ll be looking to make some of that towards the autumn! In fact, all these ideas sound pretty happening. Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-liqueurs-lets-make-some/626985.md?page=1)