Drinks you have to try 2 - PÁLINKA

Original Hungarian alcoholic drink which is made by distillation of fermented fruits. That way the fruit-sugar turns into alcohol. It is distillated twice before it gets its final flavor during the mellowing in a special kind of barrel made of mulberry.

As they put it into bottles they make different kinds of spirits. Some of them are flavoured with honey or spices and some of them don’t get flavours. There are spirits which get fruit slices into their bottles (it’s called „fruitbed”).

Be careful! These spirits are very strong (40-45% alcohol)!

Recommended trademarks:

·         „Panyolai” – fruitspirits from Szatmár

·         „Zsindelyes” – spirits from Hajdúság

·         „Hírös” – from Kecskemét

Hirös

Panyolai

Zsindelyes

There's a liqueurshop in Budapest called "A Magyar Pálinka Háza" (The House of Hungarian Pálinka) where you can buy all kinds of pálinka.
Address: 1088 Budapest, Rákóczi út 17.
Open: Monday - Saturday 9 - 19
Web (unfortunately there's no English translation)