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March 4, 2009
Biggest demonstration of my patience
And what could possibly test my patience so much? More even, than waiting for the final season of Battlestar Galactica to start (yeah, I'll admit I'm hooked)? Or more than waiting for a Leaf's Stanley Cup.... ok, so that one is probably my biggest demo of patience, but this one ranks up there.
I recently got into the hobby of preparing my own liqueurs. Before you get any mental images of me sitting out in the bush with a lot of copper pipe, handing jugs off to the Duke Brothers, I'll straighten things out. These liqueurs are made by infusing vodka or grain alcohol with flavouring and then diluting to a liqueur-like strength with simple syrup (also adding the needed sweetness).
There is a fair amount of patience involved as the preparation can last anywhere from 4-6 weeks before any sampling can occur. Having finished several batches, I will say that it is definitely worth the wait. I am now enjoying the flavours of rhubarb, amaretto, chocolate, cinnamon/ginger, anisette and several others. The amaretto is tasty and not quite an amaretto but some apricots should solve that issue next time. The Rhubarb batch was the simplest to make and so far the most enjoyable.
If these things have piqued any interest you can find some good resources here. I was first put onto the project by a nice little book called Luscious Liqueurs from Chapters.
Posted by Dr.Unk at March 4, 2009 1:16 AM
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