• Pour the Everclear and vodka into the clean gallon glass jar.
• Thoroughly clean the lemons or oranges. Use a peeler to peel just the top layer of skin; scrape off any white pith from the peels, because pith will make your liquor bitter.
• Add the peels to the alcohol and stir gently.
• Cover tightly and store in a cool, dark place.

AFTER 1, 3, & 5 WEEKS

• Gently stir the peels and reseal tightly.

AFTER 7 WEEKS

• Gently stir the peels. Remove one and test its flexibility; if it snaps cleanly, it's ready to begin filtering. If not, wait another week and test again.
• Combine water in sugar in a large pot and bring to a boil. Simmer until sugar is completely dissolved and set aside to cool.
• Remove the peels with a slotted spoon and discard. All the oils from the peels have now infused into the alcohol.
• Slowly strain liquor through #4 coffee filters. This is a very slow process and you will go through many filters.
• Strain liquor through the #4 filters a second time and return to the gallon glass jar.
• Add cooled syrup to the liquor and stir. Cover tightly and return to cool, dark place.

AFTER 13 WEEKS

• Repeat the filtering process twice more using the #2 coffee filters, for a total of four filtrations.
• The liquor is ready for bottling. Make sure to seal as tightly as possible.

STORAGE

• Let the bottles rest in a cool, dark place for at least four weeks and longer if possible. The longer they rest, the more the alcohol will mellow and the smoother the liquor will be.