The perils of Slivovice

Of course you have heard of Absinthe, and you may have herd of Becherovka. Both have their well-deserved reputations: Becherovka is made from the spa waters of Karlovy Vary, famed for its marvelous health effects, particularly for Russian grandparents; whereas Absinthe just causes artists to go crazy and cut off their ears (see Van Gogh).

But do you know Slivovice?

Slivovice... plum brandy. Somewhere along the way, though, the 50% alcohol level ran over any remnant of plum flavour and left it writhing on the road side somewhere in Moravia. This is no sipping drink, but something to get wrecked on quicker than Charlotte Church on Holy Wine. Equally suited for de-greasing car parts.

How do I know this? My good friend from Prague, Hanka, and her boyriend Jiri in particular loved to share it with me. And not the wussy store bought stuff either, but the stuff straight from a friends bathtub in Moravia. More than once I had to really work at standing up.

But the man who REALLY knows what it can do is this Andeler, who shall remain nameless. Actually, I suspect he doesn't really know. This picture was taken over a stall door at a Christmas party at a college dorm in Prague, about 30 minutes after Mr. Life-of-the-Party knocked back about half of a 500ml bottle and did a rendition of Black-Eyed Peas "My Humps", with all the moves. It was the snoring that alerted me....



Yes, I have some at my place. Come by for a drink anytime, or make it yourself...

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Just remember... humans and Slivo don't mix.