"Joe Sallustio" > wrote in message
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>
> Nicely said. OT, I make a Limoncello that is well liked; I think it
> goes over well because I use a lot of lemon zest for flavor and
> color. The rest of it is cheap vodka and cane sugar. It's all about
> balance, like most things.
>
> Joe
>

Hi Joe

OT - Sorry folks. Saw this mentioned in a TV movie (of all places).
They gave it as one part sugar disolved in 3 parts alcohol and poured
over lemon zest. When the flavor was judged to be right it was strained
and bottled. Seems to me that straight alcohol would make an awful
"hot" drink. Since cheap vodka is about 60% water, your method
sounds a lot more "user friendly" !!

When I was young (and dumb) we used to make a lot of flavored vodkas
using everything from snow cone syrups to "fizzies" (remember those ??).
The fizzies were gawd awful but some of the snow cone syrups worked
pretty well. Long story short, the use of snow cone (type) syrups
carried over into my winemaking. Mostly as a way to "dress up" wines
that had turned out to be less than wonderful. Just no end to the things
that can be done in this hobby !! ;o)

I sometimes wonder if the high priced "flavorings" they sell in hobby shops
are nothing more than repackaged snow cone syrups..........

Regards,

Frederick