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The most unusual spirit I have in my collection is a raspberry liquer, made from distilled raspberries.
It is called RoslagsHallon and is made a few scandinavian miles borth of where I live by Nortälje Brenneri:
https://www.norrtaljebranneri.se/destillat/roslagshallon/
(Just click "JAG HAR FYLLT 20 ÅR" to get in)
It makes a fantasticly dangerous summer drink when mixed with sprite, you hardly feel the alcohol, but the taste is amazing, with a fairly standard sprite tast first, that explodes into a full raspberry taste with the aftertaste.
I seldom drink, and drink little when I do, but this is brilliant.
Sounds great!
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...