Poitin
Poitín ( Irish pronunciation [ ˈpɔtʲiːnʲ ], Anglicized Poteen and Potcheen [ ˈpʊt͡ʃiːn ]) is a liquor made from barley that is widespread in Ireland . The name is derived from Irish pot (pot) with the diminutive syllable -ín (thus "potty") and indicates that it is traditionally illegally distilled in small pots. Individual distillates can contain up to 90 % alcohol by volume . Private production was banned in 1760, but schnapps found its way into Irish folk music as the legendary black brandy.
The whiskey , which was formerly distilled by numerous Irish illicit distilleries, is colorless due to its short ripening time and its taste is reminiscent of fruit brandy.
Today legally produced spirits are also marketed under the name Poitín .
The first feature film, shot entirely in Irish in 1979 , is called Poitín and is about the adventures of a moonshine in Connemara .
literature
- John McGuffin: In Praise of Poteen . Appletree Press, Belfast 1978, ISBN 0-904651-36-3 (German: To the Lobe des Poitín. Stories from the Irish illicit distillery . Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-89401-255-2 ).
- Sinéad Sturgeon: The Politics of Poitín. Maria Edgeworth, William Carleton, and the Battle for the Spirit of Ireland . In: Irish Studies Review . Volume 14, Issue 4, 2006, ISSN 1469-9303 , pp. 431-445.
Web links
- Poitín in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ralf Zindel: Poitin - Potcheen - Poteen
Individual evidence
- ^ Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-442-7 , p. 115 ( Der Poteen der Schwarzbrenner ).