Do you love burčák, or are you just deciding to try it for the first time? If you really want to enjoy it, you have to choose it carefully and store it well. I see! they will advise you on how to really enjoy this seasonal delicacy.
Watch the bubbles. You can tell a
good burčák from the unsuccessful one at a glance. “Properly made and stored burčák is still fermenting, so there are small beads of released carbon dioxide that can be easily seen in a bottle or glass,” describes Marek Babisz, the main sommelier of the National Wine Center.
Get
Burčák from an honest winemaker, you can feel very good at the beginning of the variety from which it was made. There should be no trace of rot or stale odor in its scent, which indicates errors in the production process. If the burčák smells a little of yeast, it is not a defect, but a proof of yeast activity.
Check the color
Burčák should have an ocher color, it can also have slightly brownish tones. However, it should not be too turbid, as more sludge appears during the later stages of fermentation. Then burčák is more alcoholic and is no longer so sweet, fresh and tasty.
Do not hesitate to drink
, but it is best to drink burčák immediately after purchase. Once it enters the phase where alcohol already predominates over sugar, it will not be as good.
Store it in the cold
Storing burčák is a bit more complicated. Burčák is a living drink, it is still evolving and changing relatively quickly. It ferments violently in the heat and its shelf life is shortening rapidly. But it will last two days in the refrigerator without any problems.
Choose with caution
Buying a burčák at a roadside stall is a lottery bet. Burčák requires a cooler and darker environment, and standing by the road all day will definitely not add to it. You better go to taste and shop in the wine shop or directly to the winemaker.
Careful with transport
Burčák is usually transported in plastic containers and the main mistake is to tighten the cap. If you do not fully tighten the bottle cap, there is no danger that the releasing carbon dioxide will find its own way out of the pressurized container. So leave the bottles loose so that the oxide can escape.
Taste
The taste of honest burčák is balanced and pleasantly sweet, because so far only a small part of the natural sugar has been converted into alcohol. You should also feel the characteristic acidity in the background.
How burčák is made
After a few days, freshly squeezed wine must ferments into a slightly alcoholic sweet drink, which is drunk in a relatively short period of time. It is during this period that it contains the ideal ratio of unfermented natural sugar and alcohol.
