stoy to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?stoy to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square125fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSimilar to kirchwasser, I’d guess? I love fruit brandies. At various times I’ve drank raspberry, pear, cherry and more common ones like grappa.
minus-squarestoyOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI have never tried Kirchwasser, so I don’t know myself, but from the description it is peobably similar
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, I used to get this one. I guess it’s called Himbeergeist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himbeergeist
minus-squarestoyOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI have that as well, I have yet to try that one though, and I also have the pear one on one of my lists in Systembolaget and will order it later.
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFrom what I read here, raspberries don’t have enough sugar to be distilled by themselves. I didn’t realize it but apparently the himbeergeist is an infusion.
minus-squarestoyOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe way I read it, they add water to crushed raspberries and let it ferment, they then distilled that, and later let it “ripen” for 10 years. They only made 600 bottles, and I bought three of them…
Similar to kirchwasser, I’d guess? I love fruit brandies. At various times I’ve drank raspberry, pear, cherry and more common ones like grappa.
I have never tried Kirchwasser, so I don’t know myself, but from the description it is peobably similar
Yeah, I used to get this one. I guess it’s called Himbeergeist?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himbeergeist
I have that as well, I have yet to try that one though, and I also have the pear one on one of my lists in Systembolaget and will order it later.
From what I read here, raspberries don’t have enough sugar to be distilled by themselves. I didn’t realize it but apparently the himbeergeist is an infusion.
The way I read it, they add water to crushed raspberries and let it ferment, they then distilled that, and later let it “ripen” for 10 years.
They only made 600 bottles, and I bought three of them…