Golden Hruska

[bobtail]

Any one know what it is or how to make it . Good friends from Europe brought a bottle by hoping I could make some.
All I know is its made with Pears in Slovakia @42%. smells a lot sweeter than it taste. TIA

[Candykorn+]

What u are talking about is common in eastern Europe . The Slavic people call it racia . They make it from plums more often than pears . I lived over there for about a year and a half , and have tasted it made from plum, pear, quince , walnut , apple , apricot , even red garden beets ! It's pretty simple really. Just make a nice clear brandy . Plum works well because of the clean flavor . Now it should be about 80 or 85 percent . You cut it back with honey , the Serbs and Croats cut it back to 65 percent , I'm surprised yours was only 42 . This is kind if a maseration process really , after a week or so filter it with coffee filters. Paper towels , even watched it done with two slices of very hard white bread!! Or you could leave it but the honey will leave the bottom half inch cloudy . This form of Racia is called medivaca ( pronounced , med-I-vach-a) . The Serbs would give it to the girl, like little girls as young as ten , few adults drank it unless with pivo , that's beer .
You might want research it some more though, there is a rare form of it made from pure honey . Like I said rare , no one would show me how to make that . But if is made from straight honey , just a drop of water and turns milk white almost instantly . Good luck !!!!!

[bobtail]

Thanks for the reply, I have tried researching it, but ever article on the web that comes up is not written in english

[MDH]

It sounds to me just like brandy, all you do is crush the pears from the tree and pour water over them, they'll ferment naturally on wild yeast, then you distill it twice.

[Candykorn+]

Most of the Serbs use bakers yeast , but a few of the older men did use wild yeast. If you can find it written in Russian or serbske , use google translate . It will get u very close . Some thing it won't tell use is that making is a mark of pride and manhood there . Using sugar , is a mark of dishonor. And yes u can tell the difference ! You can taste it , and with plum , u will deffinantly feel the roaring hangover the next day . Remember , they drink the rackia , not medivaca straight . And rackia is served at 85 abv . And most drink it every morning , EVERY morning !!!