Slivovitz (IPA pronunciation: ) (Serbian: шљивовица or Å¡ljivovica , Bulgarian: Ñливова (slivova) or Ñливовица (slivovitsa); Slovenian: slivovka, Croatian: Å¡ljivovica, Bosnian: Å¡ljivovica, Å¡ljiva Macedonian: Ñливовица (or Ñливова ракија); Polish: Å›liwowica ; Romanian: ÅŸliboviţă; Slovak: slivovica; Czech: slivovice) is a strong, colourless alcoholic beverage primarily made of distilled fermented plum juice, though similarly to Irish poteen it is often home-distilled out of a variety of source materials, up to and including grass and other organic material. It is similar to brandy and sometimes called plum brandy in English. It is one of the drinks known in the Balkans as rakia.
