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Törkölypálinka (pomace pálinka, also Torkolypalinka) is a Hungarian pomace brandy, an alcoholic beverage produced by distillation from grape residues left over from winemaking. One of the oldest types of pálinka, it is thought to aid digestion, and is usually consumed in small quantities after meals.
The words pálinka (in Hungarian), pálenka (Czech and Slovak), and pălincă (Romanian) derive from the Slavonic stem paliti, "to burn, to distill". [4] In Hungarian, the word Tótpálinka (literally 'Slavic pálinka') was used to refer to alcoholic drinks derived from wheat. [5] The Hungarian name stampedli derives from German Stamperl. [6]
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, pálenka is any kind of distilled beverage but especially fruit brandy. The term is often used generically for all kinds of liquors, including vodka, gin and borovička. [1] The word derives from the Slavic verb *paliti (Czech: pálit, Slovak: páliť) 'to burn; to distill'.
Slivovitz is a fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) made from damson plums, [1] often referred to as plum spirit (or plum brandy). [2] Slivovitz is produced in Central and Southeastern Europe, both commercially and privately. Primary producers include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland ...
The House of Hungarian Wines (Hungarian: Magyar Borok Háza [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈborok ˈhaːzɒ]) was a wine shop in Budapest, near the Buda Castle. [1] [2] History.
A bottle of Barack brandy. Barack (/ˈbɒrɒt͡sk/) is a type of Hungarian brandy made of (or flavored with) apricots; an apricot brandy.. The word barack is a collective term for both apricot (in Hungarian sárgabarack, lit. "yellow-peach") and peach (in Hungarian őszibarack, lit. "autumn-peach").
Šljivovica (plum brandy) is the most popular, but brandies based on other fruits, such as breskovača (peach brandy), kajsijevača or kajsijara (apricot brandy), viljamovka (pear brandy), jabukovača (apple brandy) and dunjevača (quince brandy).
The Chicago cocktail is a brandy-based mixed drink probably named for the city of Chicago, Illinois. [2] It has been documented in numerous cocktail manuals dating back to the 19th century. [ 3 ] Chicago restaurant critic John Drury included it in his 1931 guide Dining in Chicago , noting that it had been served at the American Bar in Nice and ...