The 4th World Meeting of the Adult Danube Swabian Cultural Groups including my adult German Donau dance group met for a unique cultural immersion in Baja, Hungary, and Hatzfeld, Romania, which featured cultural programs, singing, dancing, new friendships and an exposure to new wines, beers and lots of schnapps.
We experienced our first taste of Hungary’s national drink while touring the Unicum Distillery. Founded in 1892, the six-generation distillery produces Hungarian herbal liqueurs and bitters typically drank as a digestif and apéritif. Produced by Zwack according to a secret formula of more than 40 herbs and spices that are distilled, macerated and blended together and aged in oak casks for more than six months, Unicom Original is a 40 percent alcohol-by-volume (ABV) herbal liqueur bottled in a distinctive round bottle emblazoned with a large cross to accentuate its medicinal properties.