This kit makes one US gallon of Amaretto liquor. Typically Italian, legend has it that it was originally prepared by a widow in 1525 for Bernardo Luini, a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, to show her appreciation for one of his paintings. Said to have seventeen ingredients in all, the bitter almond and apricot flavors predominate and mesh in a most agreeable manner.

* requires (2) one gallon jugs, a stopper, airlock and siphon hose.