France in Focus

I thought I'd have a change from my usual apero of single malt scotch so had a ferret through our 'booze cupboard'.
In the cupboard, amongst other things, I found 15 large bottles of Lambig & 5 large bocaux of 'Lambig & It'.
At the mo. I'm savouring a very fine 2010 vintage Lambig au Prunells which is going down a treat with some French Pirato's aka Pringles.
Ain't life grand.

L Austin France wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 5:38 pm Ain't life grand.

Yes - enjoy

15 bottles!! I'm on my way!

I hadn’t heard of it before but it sounds nice,something to try

Pathca wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:50 pm I hadn’t heard of it before but it sounds nice,something to try

It's a Breton distilation of cider similar to Calvados in Normandy. It's normally cut to 45% or 45 degrees as they say here & aged in oak casks. Pure Lambig at 100 deg was used as an antiseptic by country folk but difficult to get now due to strenuous checking by the customs & form filling by the distillers who in our area travel around with wood fired stills collecting cyder for distilling. 200 litres of cider gives about 20 litres of Lambig.
Licences to get cider distilled were family things where cider orchards existed & handed down, but now getting fewer as folk die off & licences are lost. Our neighbour had a licence as did several of my old Boules pals, hence our stock, but his licence died with him as his son had no interest. Lots of the older generation have huge stocks dating back yonks & worth rooting out.

Sounds delicious - enjoy it while you can !

Just remembered :-
There are lots of home made illicit stills in existance ranging from a simple adapted pressure cooker to highly sophisticated jobs.
Bloke up the road has a cracker he inherited from his cafe owning old man who used it to provide Lambig for his bar . Sadly his death was the end of his use of it but it still exists so, maybe I'll call in to see if it's 'available'

It is good for cleaning alloy wheels

@rabbit good grief surely you can find a cheaper option for cleaning alloys I love cidre. We have this place just up the road from us http://www.museeducidre53.fr and this one just down the road from us https://www.orne-achats.fr/lesmartellieres and this is my favourite tipple from Les Martellieres Le Poirissimo it's lovely and doesn't knock me off my shelf quite as much as Calva which is a bit too strong a taste for me

Norway is famous for home stills which often burst into flame and burn the house down, they then blame it on the coffee machine left on overnight. Larf a minit init.