Special Fermented Alcoholic Drinks Made From Honey
EducationSpecial Fermented Alcoholic Drinks Made From Honey
As one of the largest countries in the world, it is not quite surprising to learn that China is the largest producer of honey in the world. Honey is produced by honeybees. Honey is believed to be the only food that does not spoil. During the early days it was served to members of the royal families only.
Here are some of the most popular fermented alcoholic drinks made from honey from the different parts of the world.
1.) Trojniak – Poland
Trojniak is popular mead in Poland. This is made using two units of water for each unit of honey.
2.) Chouchen – France
Chouchen is an alcoholic beverage popular in Brittany, France. It is a form of mead made from the fermentation of honey in water. Chouchen contains 14% alcohol by volume and is drunk cool, generally as an aperitif.
3.) Medovukha – Eastern Europe
Medovukha is an Old Slavic honey-based alcoholic beverage very similar to mead. It is known in Eastern Europe since pagan times, it remained popular well into the 19th century.
4.) Medovina – Czech/Slovakia
Medovina is a popular drink in the Czech Republic and Slovakia including other central and eastern European countries such as Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria. Medovina means mead in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian and Slovak.
5.) Sima – Finland
Sima is sweet mead of Finland and still an essential seasonal brew connected with Vappu festival. Its ingredients include lemon, active dry yeast, raisins, sugar and honey. The Sima is ready to drink if the raisins rise to the top of the bottles. It usually takes up to 7 days and is usually served chilled.
6.) Horilka – Ukraine
Horilka is a popular alcoholic beverage from the former USSR republic of Ukraine. The name of this alcoholic beverage literally means whisky in the Ukrainian language. It is usually distilled from grain, potatoes, sugar beets and honey. Horilka of today is 40% alcohol or 80 proof.
7.) Tej – Ethiopia
Tej is a mead or honey wine of Ethiopia in Africa. Tej is flavored with the powdered leaves and twigs of a plant commonly called Gesho with a scientific name of Rhamnus prinoides. This fermented drink has high alcohol content but it tastes sweet. Tej is usually homemade, but available throughout Ethiopia.
Cheers everyone! Don’t forget to drink moderately!