Cseri Miklós (szerk.): A Resti. Skanzen füzetek 5. (Szentendre, Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, 2011)

Spritzer: wine and soda water. And Hungarian! Rumour has it that the poet Mihály Vörös- marty tried first the invention of Ányos Jedlik. The famous scientist invented not only the dynamo but the soda water too. He added artificial carbonic acid to the mineral water of Ba- latonfüred in 1826 and in 1841 he founded even a factory of carbonated water. As it is told, wine was too strong for him and he diluted wine with water but the taste was not satisfactory: a bit of fixed air was needed. Because soda water is not mineral water, we should remember that. It is true that soda water is already civilization, but Hungarians needed the trickeries of generations and centuries to learn and invent spritzer, which is the secret of long life. It is very peculiar but true that private men cannot make spritzer. In vain you learn the lesson. In vain you buy the right glasses, yes, in vain you measure and mix two deciliters of wine with one deciliter of soda water with meticulous care: the spritzers formula is known only to professional bartenders. (Translated by Gábor Gyukics. In: http://www.hlo.hu/news/hungarian_wine ) Péter Schmidt founded the first brewery on Bavarian model in 1844 in today's Kőbánya. The several kilometres long tunnels with cold and dry air in a former mine were an ideal environment for the fermentation and storage of beer. Anton Dreher acquired the Kőbánya brewery in 1862. The brewery supplied beer not only to the environs of Budapest but delivered everywhere in Hungary its products with the brand names Ászok, Király, Márciusi, Duplamárciusi and Bak. The happy years of peace in the Monarchy coincided with the brightest period of the Hungarian beer-industry. In 1914 three million hectolitre beer was sold by 69 Hungarian breweries. And of course the pálinka, the Hungarian brandy, the Hungarian speciality and hungaricum could not to be left out when we talk about drinks... 34