stoy@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?message-squaremessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?stoy@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, I used to get this one. I guess it’s called Himbeergeist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himbeergeist
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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-up1·11 months 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-squarestoy@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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…
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…