Put on
A topping is a mostly colored spirit , in which fruits (for example black currants , sloes or cherries ) or herbs together with refined sugar or white rock candy and a brandy ( grain , double grain , brandy , diluted alcohol or rum ) in a bottle or a bottle be "placed" on another well-closable vessel.
Spices such as vanilla pods , tonka beans or cinnamon can also be added to refine the taste. To start with, the bottles are shaken every few days to speed up the extraction process. The alcohol in the brandy dissolves flavorings from the fruits or herbs and results in an alcoholic extract . Usually the ingredients are left in the bottle for several months before the solid components are filtered out.
Most of the time it is “put on” in private households, but there are now a number of spirits manufacturers who operate this form of production on a commercial scale.
See also
literature
- Avril Rodway: Herbs and Spices. The most useful plants in nature. Culture and use . Tessloff Verlag, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-7886-9910-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Spirituosen-Technologie (edited by Erich Kolb), ISBN 978-3-86022-997-2 , p. 127 online