“A psychotherapist can help you but rakia is cheaper” – this is a contemporary proverb many Bulgarians swear by. Every foreigner who is lucky enough to be invited over for a dinner by Bulgarians will have a glass of the strong national drink served to them. It is considered an act of hospitality and

The Distillation of Alcohol – A Brief HistoryIf you like good alcoholic drinks (such as whiskey), you probably asked yourself more than once where and how everything started. And, if you are one of the people so fascinated with good spirits, you probably also have a moonshine still somewhere, in you

Spirits must be distilled (to separate the alcohol and water in the fermentation broth) to obtain alcohol with the desired flavor and aroma. This is done by a device called a still. There are two types of distiller: