Limoncello

Back in April, I peeled about 15 lemons and put the peel (the yellow part only, no white) into a glass container with 15 cups of vodka. I've sometimes used Everclear, but I didn't have any this year.



After Thanksgiving, the lemon peels were all white, leaving the vodka a nice yellow color. I removed the peels, then mixed up a batch of simple syrup and added it to the vodka mixture. Since I had 15 cups of vodka, I made half that amount of simple syrup: 8 cups water boiled briefly with 4 cups sugar.




I was able to fill 8 17-ounce flasks with the limoncello, with a little left over for me, which I'm keeping icy cold in the refrigerator.