On Feb 6, 1:52*pm, "Danny D." > wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:14:52 -0800, wrote:
> > You need alcohol to make limoncello, but you're not going to drink it?
>
> Well, not in the way that he had meant it (getting drunk).

The thread has gotten quite confusing. There was
discussion about using denatured alcohol. My point
was that I would not be using that in anything I was going
to drink, whether you drink enough to get drunk or not.

>
> The desire for high alcohol percentage is mainly to extract the flavor
> from the lemon zest.
>
> By the time that zest becomes Limoncello, it gets diluted in half by the
> sugary syrup so, in the freezer-cold shot-glass form, limoncello isn't
> going to get anyone even close to drunk.

Even an 80 proof alcohol is 40% pure. That should be
enough to extract flavor from the lemon or any other
spices.