stoycaketoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world·10 months agoWhat is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?message-squarearrow-up172arrow-down112message-square124file-textfedilink
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?stoycaketoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world·10 months agomessage-square124file-textfedilink
minus-squareZeppoEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilinkYeah, I used to get this one. I guess it’s called Himbeergeist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himbeergeist
minus-squarestoycakeOParrow-up1arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilinkI 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-squareZeppoEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilinkFrom 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-squarestoycakeOParrow-up1arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilinkThe 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…
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…