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Hořčák

English translation: cheap fruit wine

22:48 May 26, 2008
Czech to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / Drinks
Czech term or phrase: Hořčák
This is a drink, maybe made with beer but I am not sure. The text where the term is is set in Prague, but perhaps it is not just a Prague specialty.

It is NOT about the mushroom (hrib horcak).

Somewhere on a webpage I found it might be an absinthe beer...

Anyone can confirm or give other explanations/translations?
Katarina Dusikova
Italy
Local time: 06:30
English translation:cheap fruit wine
Explanation:
Radovan Pletka's definition is precise. I remember "horčák" very well, as we used to drink it at parties in the late 1970s. The funny thing about horčák is that it doesn`t really taste bitter it`s sweet and heavy and you get a terrible hangover from it.
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Klara Hurkova
Local time: 06:30
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Diky moc!
This definition seems the most probable, although the name suggests something bitter.
On the other hand, also "bitter wine" or "bitterish wine" could do, if I want to stay somewhat close to the name of that wine, regardeless of its real taste. It is not a technical text after all, it's very discoursive.
All answers helped here, really.

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2bitter wine
Jana Zajicova
4bitterish wine >
Maria Chmelarova
3 +1cheap fruit wine
Klara Hurkova
3barley wine
Igor Liba
3absinth beer
rosim


Discussion entries: 3





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bitter wine


Explanation:
http://www.encyklopedie-vina.cz/clanky/vinarsky-slovnik/hhh

Typ vína, takže bych to podle potřeby přeložila obecně a případně vysvětlila podle té definice.

Jana Zajicova
Czech Republic
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marek Buchtel: připadá mi to nejpravděpodobnější
8 mins
agree  Pavel Blann
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bitterish wine >


Explanation:
Mancinelli classico wine...dry and soft, floral and with the typical slightly bitterish aftertaste
http://www.verdicchiowine.it

Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 00:30
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Native speaker of: Slovak
PRO pts in category: 4
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cheap fruit wine


Explanation:
Radovan Pletka's definition is precise. I remember "horčák" very well, as we used to drink it at parties in the late 1970s. The funny thing about horčák is that it doesn`t really taste bitter it`s sweet and heavy and you get a terrible hangover from it.

Klara Hurkova
Local time: 06:30
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Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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Grading comment
Diky moc!
This definition seems the most probable, although the name suggests something bitter.
On the other hand, also "bitter wine" or "bitterish wine" could do, if I want to stay somewhat close to the name of that wine, regardeless of its real taste. It is not a technical text after all, it's very discoursive.
All answers helped here, really.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarka Rubkova: Ty i Radek máte pravdu
14 mins
neutral  Igor Liba: in slovakia the "apple wine" was popular and too cheap and represented "headache in a bottle"- Fruit or malt vermouth spices makes this wine sweet in spite of the name of this wine.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
barley wine


Explanation:
A barley wine typically reaches an alcohol strength of 8 to 12% by volume and is brewed from specific gravities as high as 1.120. It is called a barley wine because it can be as strong as wine; but since it is made from grain rather than fruit, it is in fact a beer.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley_wine
Igor Liba
Slovakia
Local time: 06:30
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Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
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1 day 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
absinth beer


Explanation:
pivo s přísadou pelyňku / pelyňkové pivo

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Note added at 1 den17 h (2008-05-28 16:30:02 GMT) Post-grading
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neradno zaměňovat za burčák

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Note added at 1 den17 h (2008-05-28 16:42:21 GMT) Post-grading
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ale jiný hořčák se dělá také ze sýra, myslím že kozího

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Note added at 1 den18 h (2008-05-28 16:58:14 GMT) Post-grading
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pelyňkové pivo bývávalo dost specifické pro Prahu

rosim
Local time: 06:30
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