Gunārs Igaunis Museum of Ancient Musical Instruments and Shmakovka

Exhibition of musical instruments and playing music, making of the new musical instruments. The story of musical instruments played in the last 150 years in the territory of Latvia. The 2007 exhibit includes more than 100 different musical instruments. You can see and hear many types of zither, garmoshka (accordion-like musical instrument), harmonicas, kokle (zither-like musical instrument) and accordion. The owner of the museum will make everyone feel like a musician and will teach the most responsive to play the zither.

Shmakovka museum offers:

wide exhibition with shmakovka distillation devices;
a story about the history of shmakovka distillation;
recipes for making shmakovka;
tasting of shmakovka and infusions;
purchase of various souvenirs.

Special offer: ‘’Uobuļu šmakouka” (apple shmakovka).

Recipe. Squeeze apple juice from well-ripened apples (preferably as many sorts as possible), pour into a big container and cover it. Allow fermenting for 8-10 weeks at 18-20 degrees. For a positive result, add yeast. As a result, a distillery refuses with an alcohol volume of 5%-6.5% forms. It is desirable to make sure that the fermentation process is completed. To not to lose apple flavor, distill it over low heat. Cheers!

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Ancient music instruments and šmakovka (moonshine) museum

Ancient music instruments and šmakovka (moonshine) museum

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