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The Connoisseur's Guide to Making Liqueurs

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011-10-12
主題	Cooking / Beverages / Alcoholic / SpiritsCrafts & Hobbies / Folkcrafts
ISBN	14663068909781466306899
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=p-edpwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Judging by the wealth of information appearing in the press, published works and on the internet, liqueur making is definitely not a dying art. As an enthusiastic liqueur maker I consider it more an art to die for! It is not difficult to make liqueurs but can be very time consuming, especially when making the more complex varieties. Through my own research I realized that the wealth of information available can take days or weeks and sometimes longer to access and that this can make the home liqueur making business very tedious, frustrating and time consuming. In this book, the first of two on the subject, I have attempted to provide the new home liqueur maker with a consolidated, simplified description of the procedures to be followed if you want to make very good liqueurs of your own and good imitations of well known commercial brands. There are 95 recipes included in this book, all of them standardized to yield as close to 750 ml of liqueur as possible. When possible I have provided more than one option in each recipe category, some simple and "instant" and some more complicated and requiring more time to produce.I have made no attempt to go into the chemistry of liqueur making. Unless you intend to produce liqueurs on a commercial basis there is no need to delve into the chemical processes that cause fruit flavors to be transferred from the fruit to the alcohol base or that may give the finished liqueur its "nose". I have left that to the professionals who have written numerous books and treatises on the subject. This book is therefore limited to the procedures to be followed when making liqueurs at home.Producing your own liqueur is economical (provided that you don't take into account the cost of your own labor!). If you own a garden you can use the fruits, berries or nuts from your own trees and grow many of the herbs and spices required for liqueur making. If you don't have your own garden it is still far more economical to buy the ingredients from your local home brew store or supermarket and to produce your own liqueur for as little as a quarter of the cost of the commercial equivalent. Another advantage to making your own liqueur is that you can produce an almost endless variety from the hundreds of fruits, berries, nuts, herbs and spices now readily available. Regardless of the cost of your time and provided that you follow the basic procedures, you will find liqueur making a very relaxing and satisfying hobby.