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Making Homemade Liqueurs with Citrus Peel

We love a project round here and this one is nice and simple and can be done by anyone (of legal drinking age) as long as you have access to some fruit and some booze.

Our tangerine tree has been in need of a haircut for a while so we thought we’d take this opportunity to use some of the fruit to make a boozy infusion. Our neighbours gifted us 5 litres of aguardiente (a home distilled spirit aka fire water!) and we thought this would make a good candidate for making a tangerine liqueur.

This is a simple process but one that needs time. Fortunately, we have a few other concoctions on the go so we’ll show you the end to end process of making this kind of flavoured spirit. Get ready for some day drinking and some interesting taste tests…

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