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Related, I have been to Slovenia (Lake Bled and Triglav area) The "Blueberry Snaps" or "Borovničevec" was excellent, and it should be better known. Unfortunate
by SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
Related, I have been to Slovenia (Lake Bled and Triglav area)
The "Blueberry Snaps" or "Borovničevec" was excellent, and it should be better known. Unfortunately I can't get it here.
They also make variations with Cherries, honey, herbs, just about any fruit or flavour at hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropinovec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropinovec
It's a regional thing, as it has a bit in common with Slivovitz (plum brandy from Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Poland and multiple other countries) and Limoncello (lemon-infused liqueur from neighbouring Italy).
I wouldn't just focus on Serbia alone as a unique island of good distilled spirits, that's clearly not the only thing.
- ginko 4y ago>..and Limoncello (lemon-infused liqueur from neighbouring Italy). Eh, as you mention limoncello is a liqueur while all the others you mentioned are brandies. Italy has it's own variety of brandies though. Grappa probably being the major one.
- marton78 4y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but judging by the name Borovničevec should be made of Juniper berries, bot blueberries.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoI'm sure there's a Juniper variant too, like I said "any fruit or flavour at hand". There's definitely a popular blueberry one, google suggests that "Borovničevec" is it. However, I'm not the expert on Slovenian naming, I suggest that you try it under whatever name it goes by.
- chillstreem 4y agoNo, borovinčevec is made with blueberry (latin Vaccinium). blueberry in Croatian and Slovenian is borovnica.