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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Polish Liqueurs, Polish Vodkas, Goldwasser, Slivovitz, Belvedere, ubrwka, Polmos acut, Nalewka, Wyborowa, Monopolowa, Krupnik, Wdka odkowa Gorzka, Siwucha Vodka, Sobieski Vodka, Chopin Vodka, Luksusowa Vodka, Estate Vodka, Biaa Dama, Polonaise, Ck Vodka, Cracovia Vodka. Excerpt: Slivovitz or Sliwowitz (English pronunciation: Serbian: ljivovica, Bosnian:, Croatian:, Czech:, German:, Italian:, Polish:, Slovak:, Slovene: ) is a distilled beverage made from Damson plums. It is frequently called plum brandy, and in the Balkans is part of the category of drinks called rakia. The word Slivovitz derives from the Serbo-Croatian (Slavic) "ljiva" or Czech "slva" damson plum, whereas "-vice" // (in Czech version of the name) or "-vica" // (in Slovak) is a common postfix to add to the name of the brandy to distinguish what fruit was distilled (e.g. meruka (apricot) merukovice (apricot brandy), broskev (peach) broskvovice (peach brandy), vestka (plum) vestkovice (plum brandy), ). The exact origins of Slivovitz are unknown but it is believed to have been first produced in the Balkans, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Moravia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary or Bulgaria. Slivovitz is primarily produced in Slavic regions of Central and Eastern Europe, both commercially as well as by many households on an informal, homemade basis. Primary producers are in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Croatia, Bosnia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and North-East Italy. It is most popularly consumed in those nations, as well as wherever communities of expatriate from these nations exist. Similar plum brandies are also produced in Switzerland, France, the United States, and Canada, but marketed under other names, such as brandy, Pflmli, or eau d... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=667091
