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Episode 11: Zwack Unicum

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Episode 11 is dedicated to Zwack Unicum, the national drink of Hungary. It's a bittersweet herb liqueur bottled at 40% alcohol by volume, 80 proof.

Enjoy this episode with some Zwack neat!

Zwack's official website: https://zwackunicum.hu/en/

Brief Historical Timeline:

  • 1790 - Unicum invented by Dr. Zwack
  • 1840 - Zwack Company founded to commercialize Unicum
  • 1883 - Hungarian trademark for Unicum issued
  • 1890s - The Zwack distillery produces more than 200 products
  • 1892 - New distillery completed on the banks of the Danube
  • 1895 - "Sole Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court of Emperor Franz Josef" designation
  • 1899 - Begin using the Red Cross on bottles
  • 1930s - Company run by brothers Bela and Jonas Zwack
  • 1940s - WWII destroys the distillery
  • 1945-48 - Distillery rebuilt
  • 1948 - Communist regime confiscates the distillery and business
  • 1958 - Janos wins an injunction agains the US importer
  • 1970s - Peter Zwack, son of Bela, oversees Unicum production in Italy
  • 1988 - Peter partners with the state-run Zwack distillery in Hungary
  • 1992 - Peter and partners buy out the state at the fall of communism
  • 1993 - Zwack Unicum Company listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange
  • 2004 - Unicum Next introduced

Key Cocktail:

Zwack isn't very suitable for mixing.

You simply drink it neat. Or chilled, many in Hungary keep a bottle in the freezer.

References:

Hungarian Unicum website: https://unicum.hu/

Taste of Hungary Article

CNN article on Hungary's National Drink

Wikipedia article on Zwack

Bon Appetit article on Zwack Unicum

Contact Information:

Official show website is: www.liquorandliqueurconnoisseur.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liquorandliqueurconnoisseur

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LiquorandLiqueurConnoisseur/

Twitter: @LLConnoisseur

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Innhold levert av Matt Birchard. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Matt Birchard eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.

Episode 11 is dedicated to Zwack Unicum, the national drink of Hungary. It's a bittersweet herb liqueur bottled at 40% alcohol by volume, 80 proof.

Enjoy this episode with some Zwack neat!

Zwack's official website: https://zwackunicum.hu/en/

Brief Historical Timeline:

  • 1790 - Unicum invented by Dr. Zwack
  • 1840 - Zwack Company founded to commercialize Unicum
  • 1883 - Hungarian trademark for Unicum issued
  • 1890s - The Zwack distillery produces more than 200 products
  • 1892 - New distillery completed on the banks of the Danube
  • 1895 - "Sole Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court of Emperor Franz Josef" designation
  • 1899 - Begin using the Red Cross on bottles
  • 1930s - Company run by brothers Bela and Jonas Zwack
  • 1940s - WWII destroys the distillery
  • 1945-48 - Distillery rebuilt
  • 1948 - Communist regime confiscates the distillery and business
  • 1958 - Janos wins an injunction agains the US importer
  • 1970s - Peter Zwack, son of Bela, oversees Unicum production in Italy
  • 1988 - Peter partners with the state-run Zwack distillery in Hungary
  • 1992 - Peter and partners buy out the state at the fall of communism
  • 1993 - Zwack Unicum Company listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange
  • 2004 - Unicum Next introduced

Key Cocktail:

Zwack isn't very suitable for mixing.

You simply drink it neat. Or chilled, many in Hungary keep a bottle in the freezer.

References:

Hungarian Unicum website: https://unicum.hu/

Taste of Hungary Article

CNN article on Hungary's National Drink

Wikipedia article on Zwack

Bon Appetit article on Zwack Unicum

Contact Information:

Official show website is: www.liquorandliqueurconnoisseur.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liquorandliqueurconnoisseur

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LiquorandLiqueurConnoisseur/

Twitter: @LLConnoisseur

  continue reading

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