Hungarian name for pomace brandy (Törköly = pomace, Pálinka = brandy); see under Pálinka.
Hungarian-language name for a fruit brandy; derived from the Slovakian verb páliť (to boil = to distil). The name pálinka first appeared in the 16th century. Spirits have been consumed as a drink since around this time. Today, it is a protected designation of origin for a fruit brandy that must be distilled from 100% Hungarian fruit, bottled in Hungary and have an alcohol content of more than 37.5%.
Since 2004, only Hungary and the four Austrian federal states of Burgenland,...
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