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In the News (Sun 12 Oct 08)

  
  PLUM BRANDY
Brandy, made in the style of the great European "Slivovitz" brandies are rich in aromas and flavors.
Estate grown wild plums are carefully cleaned and fermented and distilled using European copper pot stills and centuries old traditional methods.
For generations, Slivovitz has toasted births, weddings, successes, failures, and honored memories of lost ones.
www.stringersorchard.com /brandy.htm   (103 words)

  
 Slivovitz Festival
Mirabelle, a Slivovitz made from yellow plums, is often pitted to soften the profile.
Slivovitz is famous for it's alcohol kick, and with a standard proof of 100 to 140, or 50% to 70%, Slivovitz has earned its' reputation.
This kick, combined with the tradition of drinking slivovitz in shots, occasionally knocks Slivovirgins (drinkers new to Slivovitz) on their butts.
www.slivovitz.us   (793 words)

  
  How she got to the top - reader renga | openDemocracy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rattling her trolley along, Ms Slivovitz noticed the lump straining in the pleats of Maxwell Wynne's yellow corduroy trousers.
Slivovitz was pushing her trolley in a strange lop-sided way.
Slivovitz smiled, and though her teeth were crooked and stained with the pink lipstick, Camilla thought it was surely a beautiful smile.
www.opendemocracy.net /arts/renga_readers_4405.jsp   (2957 words)

  
  Slivovitz - Homedistiller   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Slivovitz (Croatian: "Slivovitz" SerboCroatian: ljivovica, Polish : liwowica, both pronounced roughly like "shlee-vo-vee-tsah"; Romanian: ţuică;, pălincă or şliboviţă) is a strong aromatic alcoholic beverage made of distilled fermented plum juice.
The Kosher version of Slivovitz, like some of the other rakijas, is kept in wooden barrels (oak or mulberry) for an extra aroma and the colour (golden yellow) Although the majority of Slivovitz is not aged in wood, and is clear in color.
There is a traditional slivovitz recipe in the Brandy recipes that originated in the cities of Zageb, and Zadar Croatia and has passed down many generations.
homedistiller.org /mediawiki-1.6.8/index.php?title=Slivovitz&redirect=no   (227 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
Slivovitz is a traditional digestif for Ashkenazi Jews in Eastern Europe; since it is made from plums and (unlike many distilled liquors) does not involve fermenting grain, it is considered kosher for passover.
Slivovitz, like some of the other rakias, is kept in wooden barrels (oak or mulberry) for an extra aroma and the colour (golden brownish).
Sweet slivovitz is the result of maceration of fruit in the slivovitz after distillation.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=slivovitz   (297 words)

  
 * Slivovitz - (Drinks): Definition
slivovitz: a European plum brandy whose base fruit is a particular variety of fl plum called Madjarka.
Slivovitz Slivovitz is a Serbian plum brandy which used to be 100 proof but now is down to 80 proof.
Sloe Gin A gin flavoured with sloe berries.
en.mimi.hu /drinks/slivovitz.html   (165 words)

  
 Slivovitz   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Slivovitz (Serbo-Croatian: Šljivovica, pronounced roughly like "shlee-wo-wee-tza"; Romanian: ţuică;, pălincă or şliboviţă) is a strong aromatic alcoholic beverage made of distilled fermented plum juice which is bright yellow in color.
Production is concentrated in Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and to a lesser extent in Austria, Germany, Italy and elsewhere.
Slivovitz, like some of the other rakijas, is kept in wooden barrels (oak or mulberry) for an extra aroma and the colour (golden brownish).
www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/sl/slivovitz.html   (189 words)

  
 Slivovitz
Slivovitz, thanks to its mature ingredients and traditional technological procedure has a delicate taste and mild aroma.
The unique harmonious taste and golden shades acquired by Slivovitz is due to long-term soaking of Limousin oak shavings in the spirit.
Maraska Slivovitz is a pure, natural brandy made by special fermentation and distillation of the finest ripe blue plums grown in the rich soil of the Adriatic Coast, the second largest plum-growing area in the world.
www.internetwines.com /spirits-brandy-sliv.html   (1323 words)

  
 Parkway Rest Stop: Slivovitz.
Slivovitz a/k/a plum brandy is most often made in places like Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary and Israel.
Castle Spirits, in New York, makes a kosher slivovitz that is sweet, with carmel and maraschino cherry notes that completely disguise the 105 proof kick.
It's a great chaser to Maraska, a slivovitz with plum pit bite and plum skin biterness, but means that you just did two shots at once.
www.parkwayreststop.com /archives/000016.html   (550 words)

  
 Buy Slivovitz Online - Associated Content
Indeed, slivovitz is to Serbia as vodka is to Russia.
Lower quality slivovitz does not usually garner as much attention for its richness of flavour as it does for its powerful punch, and this is the sort of slivovitz that partygoers tend to slam.
Slivovitz is often served after dinner at American restaurants which specialize in Serbian and other Slavic cuisines.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/17443/buy_slivovitz_online.html   (529 words)

  
 Recipe: Rustic Plum Tart with Slivovitz   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This country-style tart is easier and less intimidating to make than a fancier tart made in a fluted flan ring.
Slivovitz, is or was originally, the local fruit brandy of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
It is made from a fl plum called Madjarka, which imparts a richly heady scent to the spirit.
globalgourmet.com /food/cookbook/2007/ingredients/plum-tart.html   (412 words)

  
 The luckiest man alive escapes death on D-Day | The News is NowPublic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The national drink of most of the Slavic Balkan states, slivovitz is a strong plum brandy with a high alcohol content.
I was hungry, really hungry, so I found a restaurant, sat down and ordered the biggest steak they had!” Scheffrahn sips his slivovitz and chuckles.
I had never had slivovitz and I didn't know what it was.
www.nowpublic.com /luckiest_man_alive_escapes_death_d_day   (733 words)

  
 European directive garble stirs Czech slivovitz makers - Business
Traditional, quality slivovitz is distilled from fermented plums, but the directive only lists the definition of a lesser quality version of this hard liquor.
It says slivovitz is the mixture of a plum distillate and an agricultural spirit.
A standard fruit distillate is of course called slivovitz,' Pavel Dvoracek, the general manager of well-known slivovitz maker, Rudolf Jelinek, told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa.
news.monstersandcritics.com /business/news/article_1285024.php/European_directive_garble_stirs_Czech_slivovitz_makers   (446 words)

  
 days of naze | strung out - on tour 2
The first evidence that we are now technically in our host country -- pork smothered in gravy, pickled vegetables and a small bottle of that staple of Jugoslavian culture, the plum brandy called Slivovitz.
I used it to purchase a fancy set of espresso cups and a small bulbous bottle of the Yugoslavian firewater, Slivovitz.
Slivovitz is supposed to be a plum brandy, but I wasn’t smelling plum anywhere.
www.naze.net /strung/blaksilk.htm   (1054 words)

  
 Slivovitz Zufanek - Slivovitz, Walnuts liqueur, Sour cherry liqueur, Mead, Pear brandy
The company’s aim is to build a traditional fruit distillery for producing quality fruit spirits and products in connection with fruit cultivation, primarily processing of honey.
Slivovitz Zufanek is a refined, high quality fruit spirit with a characteristic aroma and taste, with a volume of 50% alcohol.
It is produced in a limited quantity from ripe fruit, with fixed ratios of individual varieties, which ensures the originality of genuinely fine Moravian Slovak slivovica.
www.zufanek.cz /en   (119 words)

  
 days of naze | strung out - on tour 2
The first evidence that we are now technically in our host country -- pork smothered in gravy, pickled vegetables and a small bottle of that staple of Jugoslavian culture, the plum brandy called Slivovitz.
I used it to purchase a fancy set of espresso cups and a small bulbous bottle of the Yugoslavian firewater, Slivovitz.
Slivovitz is supposed to be a plum brandy, but I wasn’t smelling plum anywhere.
naze.net /strung/blaksilk.htm   (1054 words)

  
 Manastirka Slivovitz | Super Import, LLC. USA | Exclusive Importer
Manastirka Slivovitz is made according to the traditional methods used for centuries in monasteries under the watchful eyes of gifted makers.
Manastirka Slivovitz is a supremely perfected drink of rich flavor and heart warming bouquet, distinct and unique amongst the world's finest drinks.
Manastirka Slivovitz is consumed chilled in a shot glass (0.3 to 0.5 dl).
www.super-import.com /manastirka.htm   (375 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Slivovitz   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sammy fetch a bottle of slivovitz that had been left behind...
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be an intellectual, to sip slivovitz in the cafs and argue...
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Slivovitz&index=blended&page=1   (1098 words)

  
 Zuta Osa Slivovitz | Super Import, LLC. USA | Exclusive Importer
Zuta Osa Slivovitz - The Yellow Wasp Plum Brandy, Flores, Kragujevac - Serbia is a privately owned company founded in 1985 on the tradition of a family enterprise founded in 1803, which used to process fruit and produce liquor, wine, as well as other products.
We produce this same high-quality brandy Zuta Osa, as an artisan product obtained from ripe, high quality and unsprayed plums which are today still visited by Zuta Osa, brewed in small cardoons of 100 liter capacity, and which have been aged their own number of years in peasants' clean mulberry barrels.
Zuta Osa Slivovitz should be consumed as an aperitif and digestive liquor for special occasions as this is surely merited by its tradition and quality.
www.super-import.com /zuta_osa_slivovitz.htm   (400 words)

  
 KlezCalendar: So-Called hosts "Slivovitz and Soul, NYC, Mar 10
Slivovitz and Soul is a new monthly party series hosted by Klezmer-hip hop maestro So Called, with special guests joining him each month for a collision of MCs, beatboxers and badkhanim.
JDub Records, the 14th St Y, and Avoda Arts present Slivovitz and Soul, a monthly party series hosted by accordion wielding, Yiddish rapping Canadian Klezmer-Hip Hop maestro Josh Dolgin aka So Called.
About Slivovitz and Soul: Every month special guests join for a collision of MCs, beatboxers and badkhanim.
www.klezmershack.com /calendar/002367.php   (301 words)

  
 Slivovitz Zufanek 50% alc.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The crystal clear color, high content of natural alcohol and strong well-balanced taste are reached thanks to two years of maturing.
Moravian Slivovitz plum brandy is considered a local medicine, which cures any complaints from a cold to broken love.
Slivovitz Zufanek is genetic smooth fruit spirit with a characteristic flavour and aroma with 50% volume.
www.goodmood.cz /spirits/slivovitz-zufanek   (245 words)

  
 Cooks.com - Recipes - Slivovitz
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Mix all items in a punch bowl or pan, brandy is last item added.
www.cooks.com /rec/search?q=slivovitz   (58 words)

  
 MySpace.com - Slivovitz - IT - Jazz / Rock / Folk - www.myspace.com/slivovitz
As we deeply enjoy the taste of the plum distillate "slivovitz", that's where our name comes from.
During these years, we've released a record for a label called ethnoworld (www.ethnoworldmusic.com) and played a lot, either in Italy and abroad (especially Hungary, where we played also in SZIGET 2004 under the name "Jeff & The Wild Slivovitz), winning several competition of Jazz and instrumental music in general.
We are based mainly in Naples, but some of us are currently living or working in Rome and in Milan.
www.myspace.com /slivovitz   (520 words)

  
 About Slivovitz
The Zlín opening of the travelling exhibition This Year's Slivovitz, held at the Museum of South-Eastern Moravia in Zlín's chateau, continued to uphold this noble tradition.
The exhibition was organized by the Institute of Ethnography at the Museum of Moravia in Brno, and reached Zlín in the autumn of 1995.
The tasting and story-telling proved so popular that in the winter of the following year the Museum invited local producers to bring small samples of their own newly distilled slivovitz and join in a session of tasting, discussion and story-telling accompanied by songs and a theatrical performance.
www.tigris.cz /english/slivovice.htm   (289 words)

  
 The Korea Times : Slivovitz Czech’s Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Seoul last Monday hosted ``Slivovitz and its Soul,’’ an exhibition on the history of the drink, at the new Czech restaurant, Castle Praha, near Hongik University.
Made from distilled fermented plum juice, the strong and colorless drink is one of the country’s traditional liquors, Ambassador Tomas Smetanka said.
In the exhibition, 13 panels with historical photographs and explanations showed the ``soul’’ of the drink, starting with the tradition of fruit-growing in the eastern Czech Republic.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/special/200612/kt2006120320453452960.htm   (368 words)

  
 SCUM AT THE TOP Volume 1 Number 7
Your correspondent had never heard of Slivovitz before, but with a long haul ahead, he felt a little fortification might serve him well.
As glass after glass of the clear, burning liquid sailed down his alarmed yet easily seduced throat, he found himself joining them in various rousing anthems of national glory in the heretofore unknown language.
The moral of this story is that anyone foolish enough to have a second go at Slivovitz should be permanently confined to his village and never be allowed to enter the corridors of power.
members.optusnet.com.au /~thesquiz/v1n7.htm   (1356 words)

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