Śliwowica łącka (literally śliwowica from Łącko) is a

plum brandy ''Plum Brandy'', also known as ''The Plum'' (French: ''La Prune''), is an oil painting by Édouard Manet. It is undated but thought to have been painted about 1877. The painting measures by . It depicts a woman seated alone at a table in a cafe ...

made traditionally in the mountainous regions of Łącko in southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Distilled at least since 17th century, the brandy contains usually between 70 and 80 per cent of pure alcohol. As the lands around Łącko are abundant in fruit, "virtually every farmer is known to distill his own brand". Altogether some 300 farmers produce approximately 15 thousand litres of śliwowica a year. In Poland it is a renowned brand and it also gained much recognition abroad. However, as producing alcohol outside of established industrial distilleries is illegal in Poland, so is the Śliwowica łącka. Numerous social organisations have been campaigning to have this law changed, so far unsuccessfully. A "Fruit-harvesting Festival" celebrating the Śliwowica is held yearly in Łącko.

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