Grain Neutral Spirit is an essential ingredient in homemade liqueur recipes across Europe. In Italy, during lemon season, supermarkets sell it for making limoncello. This is a popular tradition in Southern Italy. Each family has its own limoncello recipe, passed down for generations.
This spirit is used for liqueurs not only in Italy but also in countries like Poland and Slovakia. People use it to make liqueurs from excess fruits. This creates tasty, flavourful drinks.
Grain Neutral Spirit is distilled from pure wheat. It has 69.9% ABV. This level is perfect for extracting flavours and colours from fruits without adding harsh tastes. It's great for making liqueurs from fruits like raspberries, cherries, and strawberries. It can also extract flavours from spices like anise, juniper, and wormwood. This makes it good for homemade vermouth, gin, or aquavit.
Here's a simple recipe using Grain Neutral Spirit: Fill a large mason jar with 1kg of cherries and 35g of sugar. Add a bottle of the spirit. Seal the jar and let it sit for three months. After that, taste it and strain to remove the fruit if it's good. You'll have a homemade liqueur that gets better with age. The alcohol-infused fruit is great with ice cream or other desserts. This shows how versatile and effective Grain Neutral Spirit is for making liqueurs at home.