Homemade Liqueurs

by Dona Z. Meilach

Begins with an introduction to liqueurs and their history and proceeds to a discussion of ingredients, equipment, and procedures for making liqueurs using herbs, fruits, spices, beans, and other ingredients

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Crafts, Booze

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1979

Reviews

[Redsteve · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I'm a big fan of this book as a starter for making infused liqueurs, be warned that it's got a really 1970s feel to it. Both in the general vibe and also the food recipes. Almost half of the book is recipes that are essentially basic (or fairly simple) dishes that the author added small amounts of one or two liqueurs to - I generally skip that section. I've made about 20 of the liqueus here over the years with varying degrees of success and the instructions are pretty solid. NOTE: I have noticed that the nut liqueurs often need a good bit of aging to become palatable. I'm giving this a 4 for the liqueur making section but 2 for the food bits - normally I'd average this out to 3 stars but I'm choosing to rate it based on the stated purpose of the book.

[Erin Schanz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Looking forward to trying some of the recipes/ideas in this book.

[Millie Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had it in mind to add to my crafting/baking/cooking skills by making liqueurs for a long time now. When I finally got the chance, I was going to look up recipes when my husband went "Wait! I've got the perfect book for you!" This book was interesting, informative, and fun to read. It's been quite a while since I've read a book in one sitting. I've gotten some interesting recipes out of this and also have gone back to it just to reread it several times over the last few weeks. Given the time that it was written (40+ years ago) it still holds up, for the most part. The biggest difference is that the ingredients are more readily available. It's a great source of information.

[Nick Klagge · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty quick read as reading-cookbooks go. Good in that it is more about general principles than a collection of recipes. I'll reserve full judgment until Elise and I have made some liqueurs from its pages, but judging from the ones Laurel and Malcolm have made (we borrowed it from them) they are very good.