Moonshine in the Czech Republic

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zwick
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Moonshine in the Czech Republic

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Hi guys, just got back from a month long stay in the Czech Republic visiting some distant cousins. The czechs are very fond of their beer and even fonder of Slivovice, a type of plum brandy that can reach some pretty high proofs. Pretty much everyone in czech has a plum tree in their backyard and every August/September they gather the fallen plums and place them in a 55 gallon drum to ferment. They dont add any additional sugar or yeast, all natural wild yeast, they just throw em in the barrel, mash em up a lil bit and let it sit in a shed till about November/December when they bring there drums down to one of the many local distilleries. I got a chance to visit one right outside of Zlin. The owner, Pavel has been running it for 18 years and it has been in his family for 120. For about $5 a gallon, he will double distill your drum of mash. It usually comes out between 55 and 65% but has to be watered down to 50% for some legal/tax reasons. This stuff is pretty clean, with little after taste and burns the whole way down but its a good burn. They dont consider it alcohol, they call it medicine. I thought you guys would enjoy these pictures of the distillery, any questions ill try my best to answer. I dont remember the capacity of the still but do know that the tank has to be rebuilt every 10 years and the column every 5 http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare ... _=99516505
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im not sure if anyone can see my photos. They are on snapfish, how else can i post them on here?
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zwick wrote:im not sure if anyone can see my photos. They are on snapfish, how else can i post them on here?
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Yes...please put them on photobucket. I'm very keen to see the pics.
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I've logged in on the site, and they are hot!
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Excellent pictures! Can you provide a good description of his set up?
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Post by TN.Frank »

Having half Czech ancestory(more or less) from my mother's side of the family I can attest to MY love of Beer. Of course also being half Irish(more or less) on my Father's side of the family doesn't hurt my love of alcohol either. :wink:
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Cool

Post by High_Wine_Guy »

Wow - great pictures! That's pretty cool.

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