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You either like it or you don't. ..I love it!You're not allowed to serve homemade liquor to paying customers, but when you're not an official restaurateur or hotel, and the white lightning is way cheaper... well! What's not to like, pilgrim?
My neighbors make their own orujo in their barn. A hospitalero I work closely with is noted for his excellent orujo. It is always transparent when first made, strong enough to strip the paint off the walls, so lots of people bottle it with massive doses of sugar as well as other flavorings, like "hierbas," (herbs), yellow supposedly from saffron; coffee beans (to make a sort of Kahlua thing); cream (for a Bailey's Irish Cream experience); or sloe berries or red currants, or rosemary or whatever strikes their fancy. It has never reminded me of brandy, which is really a complicated drink. This stuff is straight-up hooch, tastes like lighter fluid, no matter what you add to it to disguise its elemental wickedness.
I had two types of Orujo in San Xulian at Albergue O Abrigadoiro. By the way, the glasses in the photo are for the table. I’d have been under the table if they were all mine!So after 2 Camino's and having watched the movie "The Way" for the 12 thousandth time. A fellow pilgrim at a meet-up asked if I liked Orujo, and ridiculous to me I had never heard of it. I didn't understand Joost from Amsterdam when he introduced it in the movie.
Furthermore, This pilgrim told me that the best Orujo is the homemade kind you buy from the locals.
SO...
I'm curious how many of of you have that experience with Orujo, and if you know a good place or two that I can try it on my upcoming walk-a-bout.
Many thanks, Cheers!
Hi Rebecca we had our first Orujo in Moratinos in the first cafe on the right as you are walking on the Camino. We ordered breakfast and the owner, seeing that we were admiring the beautiful bottles of Orion on the shelf, gave us each a shot on the houseto go with our eggs and toast!You're not allowed to serve homemade liquor to paying customers, but when you're not an official restaurateur or hotel, and the white lightning is way cheaper... well! What's not to like, pilgrim?
My neighbors make their own orujo in their barn. A hospitalero I work closely with is noted for his excellent orujo. It is always transparent when first made, strong enough to strip the paint off the walls, so lots of people bottle it with massive doses of sugar as well as other flavorings, like "hierbas," (herbs), yellow supposedly from saffron; coffee beans (to make a sort of Kahlua thing); cream (for a Bailey's Irish Cream experience); or sloe berries or red currants, or rosemary or whatever strikes their fancy. It has never reminded me of brandy, which is really a complicated drink. This stuff is straight-up hooch, tastes like lighter fluid, no matter what you add to it to disguise its elemental wickedness.
So after 2 Camino's and having watched the movie "The Way" for the 12 thousandth time. A fellow pilgrim at a meet-up asked if I liked Orujo, and ridiculous to me I had never heard of it. I didn't understand Joost from Amsterdam when he introduced it in the movie.
Furthermore, This pilgrim told me that the best Orujo is the homemade kind you buy from the locals.
SO...
I'm curious how many of of you have that experience with Orujo, and if you know a good place or two that I can try it on my upcoming walk-a-bout.
Many thanks, Cheers!
On setting out on what was yet another October day of soaking rain in Galacia , I came across a Bar that boasted '100km to Santiago'. It was 9am and I had had enough!
Inside next to a snug log fire were two jovial Swiss-Italians that had walked from Geneva. They were eating a hearty breakfast bolstered with large beers. I did the same ..............and then one of these chaps pointed to a bottle containing a yellow substance standing desperately lonesome on a small shelf ... almost out of reach.
I don't remember much after that?
Orujo.... good memories.... bon carallo!
Hm I guess you wrote it down as you heard it? I can’t think you meant what you said. It can be so confusing.Orujo.... good memories.... bon carallo!
Looks like Mercedes at Molina Golochas near Villavente. Lovely lady and a great hostess.Our hostess pouring for us. You could acquire a taste for it. View attachment 52303
I think that would be the bar at MorgadeI remember that bar so vividly, when I got there it was raining so hard.
Not bad, on Amazon.es, Orujo Trampero Miel is only 13.15 euro.The one with honey (Orujo con miel) mixed with hot water and a squeeze of lemon is good for a chesty cough/sore throat (or so I'm lead to believe).
Pierce a Tarta de Santiago with a fork and drizzle orujo over it and it becomes palatable
You sometimes see it labelled as Aguadiente. Saludos!
It's basically grappa and it's a very good anaesthetic if you have sore feet.So after 2 Camino's and having watched the movie "The Way" for the 12 thousandth time. A fellow pilgrim at a meet-up asked if I liked Orujo, and ridiculous to me I had never heard of it. I didn't understand Joost from Amsterdam when he introduced it in the movie.
Furthermore, This pilgrim told me that the best Orujo is the homemade kind you buy from the locals.
SO...
I'm curious how many of of you have that experience with Orujo, and if you know a good place or two that I can try it on my upcoming walk-a-bout.
Many thanks, Cheers!
About twice the price you'll pay for an "ordinary" one in a Spanish supermercado and about four times the price of unlabeled orujo from the "corner store" - just don't spill it on your boots!Not bad, on Amazon.es, Orujo Trampero Miel is only 13.15 euro.
Hilarious! Can’t wait to have a sip.You're not allowed to serve homemade liquor to paying customers, but when you're not an official restaurateur or hotel, and the white lightning is way cheaper... well! What's not to like, pilgrim?
My neighbors make their own orujo in their barn. A hospitalero I work closely with is noted for his excellent orujo. It is always transparent when first made, strong enough to strip the paint off the walls, so lots of people bottle it with massive doses of sugar as well as other flavorings, like "hierbas," (herbs), yellow supposedly from saffron; coffee beans (to make a sort of Kahlua thing); cream (for a Bailey's Irish Cream experience); or sloe berries or red currants, or rosemary or whatever strikes their fancy. It has never reminded me of brandy, which is really a complicated drink. This stuff is straight-up hooch, tastes like lighter fluid, no matter what you add to it to disguise its elemental wickedness.
And then there's the queimada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queimada_(drink)
Owls, barn owls, toads and witches.
Demons, goblins and devils,
spirits of the misty vales.
Etc, etc, etc……
I bought a witch shaped bottle of orujo to take home to New Zealand. Four years that nasty stuff has been sitting in my cupboard. I just can't bring myself to drink it
My family were given the yellow one by the owner of the restaurant we had dinner at on our way out at the bar. He'd felt bad that we had to gulp down the various courses quickly as he had a big tour group coming in next. I loved the dinner and the orujo was excellent as long as you sipped it v e r y slowly!I had two types of Orujo in San Xulian at Albergue O Abrigadoiro. By the way, the glasses in the photo are for the table. I’d have been under the table if they were all mine!
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