Il Gusto di Amalfi Limoncello Liqueur

Il Gusto di Amalfi Limoncello Liqueur

Limoncello is a pure infusion of lemon peel, and the quality of the limoncello depends on the quality of the lemons. ‘Il Gusto di Amalfi’ is a tiny company that takes organically-grown lemons from the hillsides of the Amalfi Coast (near Tramonti), peels them by hand with potato-peelers in small batches, and macerates them in pure grain alcohol in stainless steel vessels like very small wine tanks. (Commercial limoncello is sometimes bitter, a sign that the pith of the fruit has been accidentally included with the zest; hand-peeling avoids this.) The variety of lemon is ‘Sfusato Amalfitano’, and the groves are owned and farmed by Mario Anastasio’s friends and family. This limoncello is a pure expression of an excellent raw material, and that’s it. Drink cold but not iced as a digestive; the liqueur may need to be shaken occasionally to mix in the lemon oils that rise to the top.  I bet this would also make a killer Tom Collins with some good Gin.