Miestins or Miestins ( Latvian. Miestiņš ) - Latvian national low alcohol drink. It is produced by fermentation from sugar-containing sources, for example, partially squeezed or full beeswax, hundreds of bees, berry juices and malt , often with the addition of berries [1] . It tastes like sweet beer [2] . Different sources classify this drink in different ways, attributing it to beer , wine or mead [2] [3] [4] .
Curves taught me how to prepare the myiestins of Latvians by mixing honey with warm water and keeping them in a warm, lit place for three days, and then filtering the drink through linen cloth. Miesstins was a traditional drink during the league celebration [5] .
It is first mentioned in 1685 in the Latvian-German dictionary of John Langius under the word Honigbier (honey beer). According to the Latvian linguist Konstantin Karulis, the word “ miestiņš ” may come from the verb “ miest ” (“knead”, “mixed drink with honey”), comparing it with the Lithuanian word “ miešti ” [3] .
In the book by N. Masulina and A. Pasope “Latviešu ēdieni”, published in 1986, the following recipe is given: 250 grams of honey, 1 liter of water, half a lemon and 5 grams of yeast.
Notes
- ↑ medus, medalus un miestiņš. . labietis.lv .
- ↑ 1 2 Jolanta Roze. Kvass, medalus un miestiņš: 7 pašbrūvētu atspirdzinājumu receptes līgošanai . DELFI (06/18/2018).
- ↑ 1 2 Linda Dumpe. Alus tradīcijas Latvijā. - Riga: Latvijas Vēstures institūta apgāds, 2001. - ISBN 978-9984-60-163-2 ..
- ↑ Jānis Bērziņš. Pašdarinātie alkoholiskie dzērieni. - Zvaigzne ABC, 2010 .-- ISBN 9934011395 .
- ↑ S. Grunav, “The Chronicles of Prussia”
Literature
- Linda Dumpe. Alus tradīcijas Latvijā. Riga: Latvijas Vēstures institūta apgāds, 2001. ISBN 978-9984-60-163-2 .