Beetle Eyes

The other day we bottled our peach liqueur. We’d kept in in the wine closet for about three weeks after straining out the solids. We stored it in a big glass bottle and were surprised by the amount of solids that settled in the bottom. It’s a little hard to see in the below photo [...]

A couple of weeks ago I started a batch of peach liqueur. It was time to strain out the solids. You can see the solids. They’re sitting in a strainer that we have dripping into a food-grade plastic bucket. We ended up letting the peach solids drip into the bucket for about an hour and [...]

Recently Erroll and I went to the local farmer’s market. Several booths had fresh peaches so we bought a bunch and I’ve started a batch of peach liqueur. The recipe I used is adapted from Cordials from Your Kitchen. This recipe will yield one gallon of liqueur. Peach Liqueur Recipe 4 cups sugar 4 cup [...]

Yesterday Erroll and finished processing our Cherry Liqueur. It had been sitting in the wine closet for two weeks. The final step was to siphon it into a bottling bucket . . . and then put it into bottles. We made a triple batch so we ended up with one gallon of cherry liqueur. That’s [...]

A couple of weeks ago I started a batch of cherry liqueur. Today it was time to strain out the solids. The liqueur is in the white container. The plan is to pour it into the strainer and that will get rid of the solids. Here we go . . . . Mission accomplished! As [...]

Last weekend I made cherry liqueur. The recipe I used is from Cordials from Your Kitchen. (If you’re looking to get started making liqueurs this is a great book. It has loads of recipes and easy to follow instructions.) Cherry Liqueur Recipe 2 cups sugar 1 cup water 1 1/2 pounds fresh cherries with pits, [...]