This year, I was out on Culture Night! The last time I did it was in 2019. I went out on Culture Night twice in 2018 and 2019. During both times, I visited the opera and some museums. This year, I went to somewhere different. A place which did not come across my mind as cultural - Stockholm Bränneri (Distillery). I visited a distillery! Well, the locals do enjoy wines, beer and whisky to wind down after a long week. Maybe that is something cultural. Drinking culture?
This distillery produces gin. To be categorised as gin, there need to be juniper berry. I love the smell of the juniper berry bushes. I smell that a lot when I pluck my blueberries. It is mild and fragrant. Not pungent and strong like perfume that can suffocate my nose. This distillery purchases alcohol from another supplier and it takes only 3 days to produce gin here. The produce is shipped worldwide.
During the Culture Night, there was a 15 minute free guided tour and a short explanation of the distillation process. I thought it included free drink tasting but I was wrong. It is even unlawful to do that. I misread the information.
Prior to the guided tour, I had a non-alcoholic drink from the bar. Spicy Pink Paloma 250ml for SEK70. It has grapefruit, lime and chilli. I think they could have increased the chilli usage. I was expecting chilli heat but I felt nothing in the beginning. At the end of the drink, I could feel a cumulative heat at the back of my throat.
Alcohol, water, juniper berries are added in the giant copper tank on the right. It is boiled at 60 degrees for 24 hours. Then, the temperature is increased to 80 degrees and at this point, the vapour from the boiled liquid passes through a condenser, cooling it back into a clear liquid. I just learnt today that alcohol vaporises at lower temperature than water.
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