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madrobinsAmong other things at yesterday's party, I unveiled my first effort at liqueur-making since college: habenero liqueur. It would never have occured to me to try this except that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tnh made some some years ago and made me a cocktail in which this was a constituent part. So I got some habeneros and some Everclear, made some simple syrup, and...there you go. Now, you can't drink this stuff straight--the capsicum content is too high (there is a reason why you need to wear gloves when cutting habeneros), but with sufficient soda, or in combination with other things, it's very interesting. So last night I had a bottle out, and people were tasting it, eyebrows raised, whistling at the heat. A couple of friends of the "there ain't nothin' too hot fer me" persuasion actually winced and allowed as how it worked.
It needs to age another month or so, I think. By that time the limoncello should be nearly ready, too.
tnh made some some years ago and made me a cocktail in which this was a constituent part. So I got some habeneros and some Everclear, made some simple syrup, and...there you go. Now, you can't drink this stuff straight--the capsicum content is too high (there is a reason why you need to wear gloves when cutting habeneros), but with sufficient soda, or in combination with other things, it's very interesting. So last night I had a bottle out, and people were tasting it, eyebrows raised, whistling at the heat. A couple of friends of the "there ain't nothin' too hot fer me" persuasion actually winced and allowed as how it worked.It needs to age another month or so, I think. By that time the limoncello should be nearly ready, too.