Viryta - Lithuanian honey liquor

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I was at a recent gathering of friends and one guy had a bottle of homemade spiced honey liquor called Viryta. It was delicious! It is popular with Lithuanians in the Baltimore area. In researching it I found out there is a version called Boilo that apparently originates in the Schuylkill County area of PA. Anyone familiar with it and have a recipe to share?

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I think there was a topic on boilo a few years ago. A Google search should find a couple recipes, that's where I got mine. :D

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Try some Drambuie some time :up:

Available at the liquor store, a little pricey.

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gaw wrote: Mon. Jan. 20, 2020 11:15 am Try some Drambuie some time :up:
Available at the liquor store, a little pricey.
A drink fit for Royalty. :up:

Thank you Bonny Prince Charley !!!!!

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Booze,Coal And Camaraderie! Good Thread!!

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Coalkirk, I saw a recipe for viryta on line. The biggest difference I noticed is the alcohol content in the online recipe for viryta was much higher than most people's boilo recipe.

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Thanks! I am going to make a batch. The stuff I had started with Ever Clear which I believe is 190 proof!

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Allrecipes has a version of boilo, looks good


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All that stuff is for ladies!

Drink Italian Grappa or Greek Tsipiro or Raqi 😜

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scalabro wrote: Wed. Jan. 22, 2020 4:35 pm All that stuff is for ladies!

Drink Italian Grappa or Greek Tsipiro or Raqi 😜

For Ladies ? :roll:

The great Roman empire was too scared to invade where whiskey was invented. :lol:

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+1 Paul......

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i Tendend bar part time years back, early morning drinkers.Bar was on outskirts of Baltimore. one of my customers came in with a homemade bottle of what he called (Vita-gist) or something similar.We all tried some,i remember the feeling of warmth thru out your whole body. think he said around 195 proof.

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bambooboy wrote: Thu. Jan. 30, 2020 8:23 am i Tendend bar part time years back, early morning drinkers.Bar was on outskirts of Baltimore. one of my customers came in with a homemade bottle of what he called (Vita-gist) or something similar.We all tried some,i remember the feeling of warmth thru out your whole body. think he said around 195 proof.
That's the stuff. Made with 189 proof Everclear.

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