Khlibnyi Dar ( uk, Хлібний Дар, literally "Bread Gift"), also transliterated as Hlibny Dar, Hlebnyi Dar or Hlebny Dar, is a brand of
horilka
Horilka ( uk, горілка, be, гарэлка, ro, 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 ...
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Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
vodka
Vodka ( pl, wódka , russian: водка , sv, vodka ) is a clear distilled alcoholic beverage. Different varieties originated in Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Vodka is composed mainly of water and ethanol but sometimes with traces of impuritie ...
), first introduced to the market in 2002.
It is owned by the
Bayadera Group ( uk, Баядера Груп),
produced in a factory of the
National Horilka Company ( uk, Національна горілчана компанія) in the village of
Stepanky ( uk, Степанки) in the
Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine.
All products from the Khlibnyi Dar range are made through the distillation of
fermented cereal grains,
which is the most popular ingredient to produce vodka from in
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
and Ukrainian tradition.
According to The Millionaires’ Club report, Khlibnyi Dar was the third-best-selling brand of vodka in the world in 2011.
Variants
The original recipe from the Khlibnyi Dar brand comes in 1.75, 1, 0.7, 0.5, 0.37, 0.2 and 0.1 litre bottles,
though this varies with each flavour. All types of this horilka are pure vodka made from cereal grains, but some come with small additions or differences in production that change the taste slightly. In total, there are six varieties of this distilled beverage:
* Хлібний Дар (Класична) - Khlibnyi Dar (Classic); the original and most popular type,
made from wheat, rye and barley
* Хлібний Дар (Пшенична) - Khlibnyi Dar (Wheat); made from
wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...
and artesian water
* Хлібний Дар (на пророщеному зерні) - Khlibnyi Dar (on sprouted grain); uses extracts of germinated seeds
* Хлібний Дар (Житня Люкс) - Khlibnyi Dar (Rye Luxury); made from
rye
Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...
crackers,
cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus ''Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfa ...
and