[Ansteorra] Need Liqueur recipe

[Stefan li Rous]

I don't think I'm going to have a recipe for an Allspice liqueur,  
since allspice is a New World plant and probably not period.

However, here are some Florilegium files on distilled beverages and  
cordials. I believe there is some discussion in the cordials-msg file  
on the pros and cons or using brandy, vodka or everclear as the base  
for cordials. I believe that the comments are that everclear is likely  
to be harsh and it is unlikely that period distilling could get  
anywhere near that high of a percentage of alcohol.

Another thing that was new to me until I started studying this, was  
that in period it would have been much more likely to have put the  
spices in the wine or other feedstock and then distill it, rather than  
starting with an already distilled source. Unfortunately, the United  
States government takes a rather dim view of you doing your own  
distilling and the licenses for this are rather difficult and  
expensive to get.

bev-distilled-msg(142K) 10/25/09  Medieval distilled beverages.  
Distilling.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/bev-distilled-msg.html
cordials-msg     (157K) 12/ 1/09  Period cordials and liqueurs. SCA  
creations.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/cordials-msg.html

Stefan

On Mar 8, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Elizabeth Crouchet wrote:

> I am in need of a recipe for Allspice liqueur. I am a beginner to  
> Liqueurs
> but I can probably adapt from some other spice if that is what you  
> have. I'd
> like to get this made before GW because it will need lots of time to  
> mellow
> and I'd  like to have it for the winter court season.
>
> I also need to know whether I should use a particular vodka that has  
> almost
> no flavor(Which vodka would you recommend? ) or something like  
> everclear
> watered down.
>
> Thanks for any info you can send my way!
>
> Claire

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