You will need the following equipment

 1. 1 quart saucepan

2. Measuring cup

3. Measuring spoons

4. 1 quart bottle (32 oz.) or a fifth (25.4 oz.), empty and clean

There are the basic ingredients

 1. Spirits: vodka, gin, brandy, Scotch or grain alcohol  

2. White granulated sugar

3. Water       

4. Fruit extracts. Various brands of extracts are available at home winemaking stores. The French brand “Noirot” is highly recommended.

Here is the basic method

 1. Make your sweet or medium syrup :   

            Sweet syrup – 2 cups sugar to 1 cup water

            Medium Syrup – 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

 Combine the sugar and water in the saucepan and bring it just to a boil. Cool for few minutes.

2. Pour the required amount of syrup into your clean bottle.

3. Add the extract.

4. Add coloring if required.

5. Fill the bottle to the top with the spirits. A liquor made in a quart bottle will have a stronger alcoholic taste than one made in a fifth bottle.

6. Close the bottle and shake. Cool before drinking.

Cherry Brandy

1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Cherry Brandy Extract

1 cup medium sugar syrup Brandy

 Apricot Brandy  

1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Apricot Brandy Extract

Brandy (no sugar syrup) 

Crème de Cocoa 

1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Cocoa Extract

2 cups sweet sugar syrup

Vodka or grain alcohol

Crème de Menthe

 1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Green Mint Extract

2 cups sweet sugar syrup

Vodka or grain alcohol

 Coffee Liquor  

You will nee the following Ingredients:

3 cups granulated sugar

3/4 cup of instant coffee 

1 vanilla bean  

1 quart of vodka 

Dissolve sugar into three and three quarter cups warm water.  Bring syrup mixture to a boil and boil hard for 15 minutes.

While syrup is boiling, dissolve coffee into three quarter cups of warm water.  Add vanilla bean, split lengthwise.  When syrup boiling time is up; remove from stove and allow cooling for five minutes. Then add coffee-vanilla bean mixture, and allow cooling to room temperature.  When cool, add all the vodka, stir lightly and pour into clean gallon jug.  Allow to stand for two weeks at room temperature before drinking.wing equipment

 1. 1 quart saucepan

2. Measuring cup

3. Measuring spoons

4. 1 quart bottle (32 oz.) or a fifth (25.4 oz.), empty and clean

There are the basic ingredients

 1. Spirits: vodka, gin, brandy, Scotch or grain alcohol  

2. White granulated sugar

3. Water       

4. Fruit extracts. Various brands of extracts are available at home winemaking stores. The French brand “Noirot” is highly recommended.

Here is the basic method

 1. Make your sweet or medium syrup :   

            Sweet syrup – 2 cups sugar to 1 cup water

            Medium Syrup – 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

 Combine the sugar and water in the saucepan and bring it just to a boil. Cool for few minutes.

2. Pour the required amount of syrup into your clean bottle.

3. Add the extract.

4. Add coloring if required.

5. Fill the bottle to the top with the spirits. A liquor made in a quart bottle will have a stronger alcoholic taste than one made in a fifth bottle.

6. Close the bottle and shake. Cool before drinking.

Cherry Brandy

1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Cherry Brandy Extract

1 cup medium sugar syrup Brandy

 Apricot Brandy  

1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Apricot Brandy Extract

Brandy (no sugar syrup) 

Crème de Cocoa 

1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Cocoa Extract

2 cups sweet sugar syrup

Vodka or grain alcohol

Crème de Menthe

 1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Green Mint Extract

2 cups sweet sugar syrup

Vodka or grain alcohol

 Coffee Liquor  

You will nee the following Ingredients:

3 cups granulated sugar

3/4 cup of instant coffee 

1 vanilla bean  

1 quart of vodka 

Dissolve sugar into three and three quarter cups warm water.  Bring syrup mixture to a boil and boil hard for 15 minutes.

While syrup is boiling, dissolve coffee into three quarter cups of warm water.  Add vanilla bean, split lengthwise.  When syrup boiling time is up; remove from stove and allow cooling for five minutes. Then add coffee-vanilla bean mixture, and allow cooling to room temperature.  When cool, add all the vodka, stir lightly and pour into clean gallon jug.  Allow to stand for two weeks at room temperature before drinking.