Homemade Raspberry Liqueur

Serve Raspberry Liqueur on the rocks or straight up chilled, it's a gorgeous deep pink cocktail.

It's fun and delicious to make your own liqueurs and this Raspberry Liqueur is one of our favorites!

Course Liqueurs

Cuisine American

Keyword chambord, cocktails, homemade, liqueur, raspberry, vodka

Prep Time 10

Additional Time 30

Total Time 30 10

Servings Servings

Calories 204kcal

Author Barb

Ingredients

24 ounces raspberries fresh or frozen
3 ½ cups vodka
1 cup sugar

Instructions

Pour raspberries into a large jar and cover with sugar. Pour vodka over all and close with lid.
Shake several times the first day until all of the sugar has dissolved.
Store in a cool, dark place for a minimum of one month (I recommend 6 weeks, longer is fine too). Shake every day or two.
When the liqueur is ready to be bottled, line a strainer with a couple of layers of cheesecloth, preferably butter muslin and place it over a large pot or bowl. Pour the liquor over the cheesecloth slowly letting the liquid drain while the strainer catches the solids. Repeat if necessary.
When ready, store in bottles. I like to keep one in the fridge for an icy after dinner drink!

Notes

I've found I can only get 100 proof in a large bottle of Smirnoff's; if you use another brand and a 750 ml bottle; you can just use it all

I used frozen berries because I wanted to start this early when all the fresh berries at the market were trucked in and super pricey. It turned out great so I say use what you can find. If it's mid summer and fresh ones are prolific...go for it!

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