{"id":24,"date":"2026-04-06T01:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.factahead.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:08:39","slug":"what-is-the-best-limoncello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/what-is-the-best-limoncello\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the best limoncello?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Suppose you are on holiday in Italy. The first thing you buy is, of course, a few bottles of limoncello to take home. Limoncello is originally from Italy, so these ones are much tastier than the Dutch versions. At least, you would think so &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The limoncello from the company&nbsp;<strong>Drunken Monkey<\/strong>&nbsp;from Peize was recently awarded the best and tastiest limoncello in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.factahead.net\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/11\/1567607640_fff5051ef91f8f98c4eccaa9568827af51e0805f.jpg\" alt=\"1567607640_fff5051ef91f8f98c4eccaa9568827af51e0805f.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607640_fff5051ef91f8f98c4eccaa9568827af51e0805f.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607640_fff5051ef91f8f98c4eccaa9568827af51e0805f-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607640_fff5051ef91f8f98c4eccaa9568827af51e0805f-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607640_fff5051ef91f8f98c4eccaa9568827af51e0805f-750x502.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><figcaption>Source: Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven months a year, over four hundred liqueur and wine experts blindly test and award points&nbsp;<strong>to all drinks and liqueurs.<\/strong>&nbsp;The International Wine &amp; Spirit Competition has been around for 50 years now. Each drink or liqueur can score a maximum of 100 points. The Drunken Monkey limoncello won&nbsp;<strong>the most points<\/strong>, giving first place to the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it didn&#8217;t stop there! The relatively young company eventually won&nbsp;<strong>no fewer than three medals<\/strong>. The makers of this limoncello put a great deal of time and energy into achieving this result. The peeling and filtering are all&nbsp;<strong>done by hand,<\/strong>&nbsp;since they can work more precisely this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.factahead.net\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/11\/1567607703_f99b682872eb41416959346071f46cd10162a616-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"1567607703_f99b682872eb41416959346071f46cd10162a616.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607703_f99b682872eb41416959346071f46cd10162a616-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607703_f99b682872eb41416959346071f46cd10162a616-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607703_f99b682872eb41416959346071f46cd10162a616-768x480.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607703_f99b682872eb41416959346071f46cd10162a616-750x468.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.facts-ahead.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/uploads\/sites\/180\/1567607703_f99b682872eb41416959346071f46cd10162a616.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Source: YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the win, the producers of Drunken Monkey could hardly believe that their limoncello was&nbsp;<strong>among the best in the world,<\/strong>&nbsp;especially since&nbsp;mega-sized companies entered the competition. Their phone was ringing off the hook&nbsp;from all the enthusiastic reactions from people who wanted to congratulate the winner. The company will&nbsp;<strong>never forget<\/strong>&nbsp;receiving this award for the tastiest limoncello in the world&nbsp;<strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suppose you are on holiday in Italy. The first thing you buy is, of course, a few bottles of limoncello to take home. Limoncello is originally from Italy, so these ones are much tastier than the Dutch versions. 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