Anatoliy Safinov, Vodka

When Anatoliy was young his mother used to make milk vodka. First, milk was left to turn sour in order to make chigyan. Then the chigyan was poured into a pot. The pot was covered with a lid that had a hole through which a pipe was inserted into the pot. Then the lid was smeared with mud and the pipe was directed into another pot. A stick was prepared, one end of which was wrapped with cotton. This stick was used to taste the vodka. When the chigyan boiled, the vodka dripped through the pipe into the other pot. What remained in the pot was called borz.Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin