Oghi (drink)
Oghi (sometimes oghee,
spirit distilled from fruits or berries. It is widely produced as moonshine from home-grown garden fruits all across Armenia, where it is served as a popular welcome drink to guests and is routinely drunk during meals.[1] Arguably, Armenian oghi is not "vodka" at all (see Vodka war
) and merely became thought of as such during the Soviet era in Armenia.
Mulberry oghi is commercially produced and exported under the brand name Artsakh by the Artsakh-Alco Brandy Company in
Varieties
- Tuti oghi – mulberry oghi (commercial brand name Artsakh, from Nagorno-Karabakh)
- Honi oghi – from hon, a small red berry (cornelian cherry)
- Tsirani oghi – from apricots
- Tandzi oghi – from pears
- Khaghoghi oghi – from grapes
- Salori oghi – from plums
- Moshi oghi – from blackberry
- Tzi oghi – from figs
- Khundzori oghi – from apples
Oghi in the Armenian Diaspora
In the
Kharpert
as well as nearby Chnkoosh, oghi was usually made from mulberries.
See also
- Chacha, a Georgian pomace brandy, sometimes called "Georgian vodka"
- Pálinka, a Hungarian distilled liquor also derived from fruits or nuts
- Rakia, fruit spirits of the Balkans
- Flavoured liquor, which includes flavoured vodkas
- Baijiu, a Chinese distilled liquor sometimes called "Chinese vodka"
- Shōchū, sometimes called "Japanese vodka"
- Soju, a Korean distilled drink, sometimes called "Korean vodka"
References
- ^ "Oghi, an Armenian fruit vodka". Archived from the original on 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ Artsakh mulberry vodka
- ^ "Artsakh-Alco Brandy Company". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ISBN 978-0-7818-1048-7
- ISBN 0-8143-3221-8