Chouchen
Sign in to savethumb|Chouchen Chouchen (Breton: chouchenn) is an alcoholic beverage native to Brittany. A form of mead, it is made from the fermentation of honey in water. Chouchen normally contains 14% alcohol by volume. Traditionally, buckwheat honey is used, and this imparts chouchen's strong colour and pronounced flavour.
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It sits within the topics Breton cuisine, French alcoholic beverages and French cuisine.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- alcoholic beverage
- Subclass of
- mead
- Country of origin
- France
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- Chouchenn mead of Brittany.jpg
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thumb|Chouchen Chouchen (Breton: chouchenn) is an alcoholic beverage native to Brittany. A form of mead, it is made from the fermentation of honey in water. Chouchen normally contains 14% alcohol by volume. Traditionally, buckwheat honey is used, and this imparts chouchen's strong colour and pronounced flavour.
In Brittany, the fermentation process is begun by the addition of freshly pressed apple juice. Yeasts can also be used, as in the beer-making process. To reach the required alcoholic strength, for a litre of chouchen, approximately a third of a litre of honey is needed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chouchen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.