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For this recipe you also need a large (2-3 litre) glass jar with a sealed lid. The jar should be washed and rinsed very well or sterilized. You don't want anything in your lemoncello but what you put there. So my lemoncello story continues...... I went to the ABC store looking for the Everclear that is used in the recipe. I found out that Virginia does not sell Everclear. So, I contemplated using vodka, until a friend told me that they sell it in North Carolina. North Carolina is an hour drive from my home. So while we were on vacation in North Carolina, I purchased a bottle of Everclear. I made a batch. I put it in the jar pictured below and set it in my closet shelf. Every week or so I would shake and stir it around. Well, around the…
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