Horilka (ukrainian: горілка, belarusian: гарэлка, romanian: horincă) is a ukrainian alcoholic beverage. the word horilka may also be used in a generic sense in the ukrainian language to mean vodka or other strong spirits and etymologically is similar to the ukrainian word for burning - hority. home-distilled horilka, moonshine, is called samohon (ukrainian: самогон, literally 'self-distillate' or 'self-run' - almost identical to the russian and polish: samogon). horilka is usually distilled from grain (usually wheat or rye), though it can, exceptionally, also be distilled from potatoes, honey, sugar beets etc. one type of horilka, called pertsivka (ukrainian: перцівка), is horilka with ...

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