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Homemade: Raspberry Liqueur #1

Home-made Raspberry Liqueur

This would be the first attempt in my journey of Liqueur making. I obtained a recipe from Gunther Anderson's site that sounded easy. For which I pretty much followed the recipe except for one deviation which I'll explain in a minute. First the original recipe.

Homemade Raspberry Liqueur (Hughes) Recipe

From: Eric Hughes

• 2 cups whole fresh raspberries
• 3 cups vodka
• 1 1/2 cup sugar syrup
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

"Steep for 2 weeks. Strain and Filter. Add sugar syrup and vanilla extract. Age as long as possible (at least one week).

I found that the vanilla extract smoothed out the vodka's taste without overpowering the raspberries."

Source for recipe

First, the recipe calls for vodka but does not mention the proof. The majority of recipes I have seen call for 100 proof or 80 proof, but unfortunately I did not have 80 proof, only 100 at the time. I figured I could dilute it a bit with some filtered water, so I used 2 and 1/2 cups of 100 proof vodka with 1/2 cup water. I really was not being scientific about this, being my first Liqueur. No idea what proof the final product will end up as.