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Mampoer & Witblits: Illegal Spirits of the Cape

Montagu, South Africa

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"Mampoer (peach-based, up to 80% alcohol) and witblits ("white lightning," grape-based) are 200-year Cape traditions. Once criminalized by 1924 KWV monopoly, distillation now legal with licenses — Montagu celebrates fruitiest mampoer alongside grape spirits in Klein Karoo tradition."

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Mampoer & Witblits: Illegal Spirits of the Cape is a winery in Montagu, South Africa. Mampoer (peach-based, up to 80% alcohol) and witblits ("white lightning," grape-based) are 200-year Cape traditions. Once criminalized by 1924 KWV monopoly, distillation now legal with licenses — M...

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Mampoer & Witblits: Illegal Spirits of the Cape
Mampoer (wild fruit spirit) and witblits (white lightning from grape marc) - distilled secretly since the 1600s. Home distilling was illegal until 2007. The Kultuur Stokers Gilde formed in 1982 to preserve the craft. Try 'Bolandse Kookwater' - the Cape's original bootleg brandy. The annual Mampoerfees celebrates what was once a criminal act.
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Mampoer & Witblits: Illegal Spirits of the Cape is located in Montagu, South Africa. GPS: -33.7868, 20.1212.

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