What is rakija?!


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What is rakija?


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Rakija is a popular, normally colorless hard liquor from the Balkans similar to brandy, and is made by distillation of fermented fruits. Its alcohol content is rougly 40% but if moonshined, can be 50-60%. It can also be used for spiritual rituals.

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It's a Plum brandy (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 Serbia. "Sljvovica" is the common name for Serbian plum brandy from former Yugoslavia. Traditionally this spirit is double-distilled and has been famous since the Middle Ages. The fruit comes from trees never less than 20 years old and the mash is fermented for three months in large 2,000 gallon tanks. After a second distillation it is matured in specially treated 500-gallon oak casks for a minimum of 2 years.




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