0. Yes, you can use a lower-proof alcohol to make limoncello. In fact, I've seen vodka used more commonly ( 1 2) than everclear. I'm not sure what baseline your everclear recipe gives for …
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Using a potato peeler, remove the rinds from the lemons, leaving all or as much of the pith on the lemon as possible (the white part). Too much pith and limoncello will be bitter. Place the lemon peels in a covered glass container with the Everclear and let sit for 7 days. On the 8th day, strain the lemon peels from the Everclear and discard.
If you are making your limoncello with no water, that is, with 37% or even 40% vodka, just add the sugar now, along with the lemon zest/peel. NO WATER NECESSARY. Strain through a fine mesh sieve into your bottles.
Our limonchello recipe uses just lemons, Everclear, water and sugar, and we promise it will be a lot better than any store-bought limoncello. Who hasn’t traveled in Italy, sipped a refreshing glass of limoncello and just sighed in delight over the lemony goodness?
You can use the smaller, less tart Meyer lemons, but you will need a lot more lemons and your flavor won’t be quite as strong. How do you make limoncello? We have a full printable recipe and a video tutorial at the end of this post, but let me walk you through a step-by-step photo tutorial for how to make this limoncello recipe.