Message 25501 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> Alright, time to go through today's Painfully Stupid Question...
> 
> I've never quite understood what recipes like limoncello or certain 
> bitters recipes mean when they call for 'grain alcohol'. I get a 
> mental picture in my head of a guy called Bubba and his best mate 
> Earl sitting on the side of a road with a jug of moonshine for 
> 10cents a glass. 
> 


Limoncello comes from the peasant class, the alcohol they were distilling was 
very strong, this was a way to cut it.  look to grappa for something similar, 
in terms of making a waste product such as limon peels into something pretty 
good.