Post #759633 by mikehooker on Wed, Feb 24, 2016 10:08 AM

I'm just about ready to make a new batch of falernum. Gonna try the #9 recipe this time and probably not add the additional lime juice at the end. My batch of #8 was more citrusy than I would have liked and I feel the zest on it's own probably did a good enough job of bringing out that flavor so adding the juice isn't entirely necessary. It's been 6 weeks now and I haven't found that the added lime juice has led to premature spoilage as some have mentioned, but the flavor of the falernum does seem in a perpetual state of changing. Whether that has to do with the lime juice I'm not sure but the first night I just thought it was OK. After a week it started getting better and hit the sweet spot after 2-3 weeks. After that the flavors started dying off and it became pretty subtle. I'm only doing half batches since there's no way I could get through a giant batch before the intensity dies off.