Thread: Flavored Vodka

Frank103 wrote:

> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix rest?
> Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use? Thanks in
> advance.

I dunno, but you just got me wishing I had some Vanilla Bacardi on hand.
Best darned rum'n'cokes ever.


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On Sep 2, 11:37*am, "Frank103" <frank...@cox.net> wrote:
> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix rest?
> Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use? Thanksin
> advance.
> Frank

I would just use the zest of all 3 lemons- wait a week or 2 to test.
If it's not strong enough, let it go a week or so more...

On Sep 2, 11:37*am, "Frank103" <frank...@cox.net> wrote:
> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix rest?
> Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use? Thanksin
> advance.
> Frank

When we moved into this house with a large well-established orange
tree I was still drinking vodka, so I thought I'd try infusing vodka
with orange flavor. I tried it two ways: large quantities of zest,
infused for about 5 days; and peeled fruit sections, pith removed, for
about 8 days. Results strained into another bottle in both cases.
Both worked, in the sense of imparting flavor. The zest produced a
sharper tinge than the fruit. But I didn't like either one and
switched back to screwdrivers......Nowadays I like mimosas. -aem

"Frank103" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix
> rest? Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use?
> Thanks in advance.
> Frank


Here you go;

Lemon Flavored Vodka Recipe #13346
From the Jewish Food Archives.
by Mirj
5 min | 5 min prep

1 small lemon
1 quart vodka

Remove the thin outer peel from a small lemon in one long spiral; avoid the
bitter white pith.
Drop it into a quart of vodka and let stand at least 1 week, removing the
peel when you think its job has been done.
The lemon colors the vodka pale yellow and imparts a slight citrus sweetness
and pungency.
TO USE: Serve the vodka chilled.
If you wish, the vodka may be stored in the freezer.

© 2008 Recipezaar. All Rights Reserved. http://www.recipezaar.com

Dimitri

Frank103 <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix rest?
> Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use? Thanks in
> advance.

Use just the zest. If you use the juice, you'd be making a kind of
cocktail. Zest of 3 lemons for 1.5 l of vodka is a reasonable ratio.
Zest the lemons carefully, so that only the yellow part is present;
white pith would add bitterness. Add the zest to the vodka and let
steep in a warm place for a few days. Filter out the zest.

Victor

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:45:45 +0200, [email protected] (Victor Sack)
wrote:

>white pith would add bitterness.

It's vodka....after a couple...who would care??....<VBG!>

On Sep 2, 1:37*pm, "Frank103" <frank...@cox.net> wrote:
> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix rest?
> Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use? Thanksin
> advance.
> Frank

What the hell's the matter with Absolut Citron ?
Lynn in Fargo

Lynn from Fargo wrote:
> On Sep 2, 1:37 pm, "Frank103" <frank...@cox.net> wrote:
>> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
>> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
>> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
>> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix rest?
>> Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use? Thanks in
>> advance.
>> Frank
>
> What the hell's the matter with Absolut Citron ?
> Lynn in Fargo
>

I don't know. Never tried it. But a few weeks ago I went to my brothers
for a Mojito party. I took some rum, sugar syrup with lime juice, fresh
limes and fresh mint and made great Mojitos. He bought a bottle of
Mojito. The commercial stuff was horrible,

Dave Smith wrote:

> Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>> On Sep 2, 1:37 pm, "Frank103" <frank...@cox.net> wrote:
>>> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
>>> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
>>> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
>>> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix rest?
>>> Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use? Thanks in
>>> advance.
>>> Frank
>>
>> What the hell's the matter with Absolut Citron ?
>> Lynn in Fargo
>>
>
> I don't know. Never tried it. But a few weeks ago I went to my brothers
> for a Mojito party. I took some rum, sugar syrup with lime juice, fresh
> limes and fresh mint and made great Mojitos. He bought a bottle of
> Mojito. The commercial stuff was horrible,

Ugh.

Another answer might be that OP is using inexpensive vodka, and that
probably indicates a preference to continue doing that.


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Lynn from Fargo <[email protected]> wrote:

> What the hell's the matter with Absolut Citron ?

Nothing! It's reasonable at its price point. Ketel One Citron
is IMO better.

Regarding citrus vodka in general, a local bartender turned me on to
very nice one -- Finlandia Grapefruit. Seemed an unlikely thing
to try but they did a really good job.

Then there are the Hanger One vodkas, flavored before distillation.

Steve

Dimitri was thinking very hard :
> "Frank103" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:7Kfvk.21334$[email protected]..
>> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
>> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
>> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
>> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix
>> rest? Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use?
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Frank
>
>
> Here you go;
>
> Lemon Flavored Vodka Recipe #13346
> From the Jewish Food Archives.
> by Mirj
> 5 min | 5 min prep
>
> 1 small lemon
> 1 quart vodka
>
> Remove the thin outer peel from a small lemon in one long spiral; avoid the
> bitter white pith.
> Drop it into a quart of vodka and let stand at least 1 week, removing the
> peel when you think its job has been done.
> The lemon colors the vodka pale yellow and imparts a slight citrus sweetness
> and pungency.
> TO USE: Serve the vodka chilled.
> If you wish, the vodka may be stored in the freezer.
>
> © 2008 Recipezaar. All Rights Reserved. http://www.recipezaar.com
>
> Dimitri

That's also the recipe for lemon extract, except you use about 2 oz
vodka, I'd assume.

Steve Pope wrote:
> Lynn from Fargo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> What the hell's the matter with Absolut Citron ?
>
> Nothing! It's reasonable at its price point. Ketel One Citron
> is IMO better.
>
> Regarding citrus vodka in general, a local bartender turned me on to
> very nice one -- Finlandia Grapefruit. Seemed an unlikely thing
> to try but they did a really good job.

Ohmygosh- some of the BEST vodka filled chocolates I've ever purchased
were Finlandia dark chocolates. Incredibly good!!
Every Christmas the commissary sells liquor filled chocolates and you
have to buy what you see when you see it, because you never know if
they'll have it again next week. I always buy a mess of 'em and give
them to all the support staff for a Christmas presents. They are always
good, but the Finlandia were by far my favorite!

Dave Smith wrote:
> Lynn from Fargo wrote:

>>
>> What the hell's the matter with Absolut Citron ?
>> Lynn in Fargo
>>
>
> I don't know. Never tried it. But a few weeks ago I went to my brothers
> for a Mojito party. I took some rum, sugar syrup with lime juice, fresh
> limes and fresh mint and made great Mojitos. He bought a bottle of
> Mojito. The commercial stuff was horrible,



In my experience, pre-mixed bottled cocktails are ALWAYS horrible,
along with that nasty bottled "bar mix" for lemon or lime drinks.
Ugh.

gloria p

Gloria P <[email protected]> wrote:

>In my experience, pre-mixed bottled cocktails are ALWAYS horrible,
>along with that nasty bottled "bar mix" for lemon or lime drinks.
>Ugh.

Right. And I'm not too fond of the stuff that comes out of a
bar hose either.

Steve

"Frank103" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:7Kfvk.21334$[email protected]..
> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix
> rest? Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use?
> Thanks in advance.
> Frank
Crushed red pepper is good.
I forget the amount. I think I used a half teaspoon to a pint .
I really liked the stolly pepper vodka. the absolut not so much

Billy <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote:

> [email protected] (Victor Sack) wrote:
>
> >white pith would add bitterness.
>
> It's vodka....after a couple...who would care??....<VBG!>

Heh! Knock yourself out, in every sense of the word! :-)

Actually, if one were to get technical, it would no longer be vodka if
you steep something in it. In Russian quasi-official terminology, such
a concoction is called "gor'kaya nastoyka", "bitter infusion".

Indeed, a lot of such infusions do contain bitter components. The word,
as used in modern Russian in this context, does really mean "bitter",
but originally, it came from another Slavonic root, meaning "fire", as
in "fire wine" or "fire water", or, alternatively "burned" or "burnt",
as in "branntwein" or "brandy". The Ukrainian "gorilka" and the Polish
"gorzalka" stem from that root.

Victor

Lynn wrote on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:49:51 -0700 (PDT):

> On Sep 2, 1:37 pm, "Frank103" <frank...@cox.net> wrote:
>> I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a
>> little experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a
>> slight lemon flavor. I have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka
>> and 3 lemons. I know I will use the zest. Do I use the juice?
>> How long should I let the vodka and zest mix rest? Can anyone
>> recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use?
>> Thanks in advance. Frank

> What the hell's the matter with Absolut Citron ?
> Lynn in Fargo

I've liked Pepper Vodka since I first had it served from a bottle
encased in a block of ice. I don't mean things like Absolut Peppar which
is flavored with green sweet peppers, AFAICT but the real Russian stuff
using hot peppers.

You can make it yourself by steeping dried hot peppers in vodka. Filter
off the peppers after a few hours and keep the bottle in the freezer,
zdorov'ya!

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In article <[email protected] .net>,
Blinky the Shark <[email protected]> wrote:

> Frank103 wrote:
>
> > I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> > experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> > have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> > zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix
> > rest?
> > Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use? Thanks
> > in
> > advance.
>
> I dunno, but you just got me wishing I had some Vanilla Bacardi on hand.
> Best darned rum'n'cokes ever.

I'd say let it sit until it tastes right to you. :-)

Start at about 6 weeks.

Slicesd strawberries in vodka are the gods and are good after a couple
of weeks.

I've made fruit brandy for Christmas gifts and start out with fresh
frozen or fresh fruit in vodka and start about 6 weeks out.

Before gifting, I strain off the old fruit (and freeze it for dessert
dishes) and add fresher fruit for looks, along with about 1/3rd brandy
to the extracted vodka.

Place all in an attractive lightning jar and decorate as desired.

Appropriate fresh herbs such as mint or lemon balm added also looks nice
and flavors well.
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In article <nphvk.9066$[email protected]>,
"Dimitri" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Frank103" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:7Kfvk.21334$[email protected]..
> > I'm just starting to learn abour vodka and would like to do a little
> > experimenting. First, I would like to give vodka a slight lemon flavor. I
> > have a 1.5 liter of inexpensive vodka and 3 lemons. I know I will use the
> > zest. Do I use the juice? How long should I let the vodka and zest mix
> > rest? Can anyone recommend any other ingredients and the amounts to use?
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Frank
>
>
> Here you go;
>
> Lemon Flavored Vodka Recipe #13346
> From the Jewish Food Archives.
> by Mirj
> 5 min | 5 min prep
>
> 1 small lemon
> 1 quart vodka
>
> Remove the thin outer peel from a small lemon in one long spiral; avoid the
> bitter white pith.
> Drop it into a quart of vodka and let stand at least 1 week, removing the
> peel when you think its job has been done.
> The lemon colors the vodka pale yellow and imparts a slight citrus sweetness
> and pungency.
> TO USE: Serve the vodka chilled.
> If you wish, the vodka may be stored in the freezer.
>
> © 2008 Recipezaar. All Rights Reserved. http://www.recipezaar.com
>
> Dimitri

I always store vodka in the freezer. ;-d
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