poitín
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thumb|Killowen Pangur Irish Poitín pictured overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, having been awarded Double Gold at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Poitín (), anglicized as poteen () or potcheen, is a traditional Irish distilled beverage (40–90% ABV). Former common names for Poitín were "Irish moonshine" and "mountain dew". It was traditionally distilled in a small pot still, and the term is a diminutive of the Irish word , meaning 'pot'. In accordance with the Irish Poteen/Irish Poitín technical file, it can be made only from cereals, grain, whey, sugar beet, molasses and pot
Key facts
- Drink.name
- Poitín
- Drink.image
- A selection of Irish Poitín.jpg
- Drink.caption
- Bottles of legally produced poitín
- Drink.type
- Distilled beverage
- Drink.abv
- variable, 40–90%
- Drink.proof
- variable, 80°–180°
- Drink.origin
- Ireland
- Drink.colour
- Generally colourless with "rested" versions taking on some cask colour
- Drink.flavour
- burning, grainy, oily, toffee
- Drink.ingredients
- oats, barley both malted and unmalted, wheat, yeast, water (optional: whey, sugar beet, molasses, sugar, potatoes)
- Drink.related
- potato vodka, Irish whiskey
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Legal status
- Production
- Annual Poitín event
- Literature, film and traditional music
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Killowen Pangur Irish Poitín pictured overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, having been awarded Double Gold at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Poitín (), anglicized as poteen () or potcheen, is a traditional Irish distilled beverage (40–90% ABV). Former common names for Poitín were "Irish moonshine" and "mountain dew". It was traditionally distilled in a small pot still, and the term is a diminutive of the Irish word , meaning 'pot'. In accordance with the Irish Poteen/Irish Poitín technical file, it can be made only from cereals, grain, whey, sugar beet, molasses and potatoes. thumb|Legal poitín.
==Legal status== At the parliament at Drogheda in 1556, a requirement for a licence to distill spirits was introduced.
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