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What to See and Do in Karlovy
Vary
 Karlovy Vary produces a popular herbal
liquor called Becherovka (sometimes
also referred to as "the
14th spring"). This bittersweet classic among Czech
liquors is based on a secret recipe, which was first
put together by Jan Becher in a Karlovy Vary pharmacy
(now the Jan Becher Museum) in 1807 and which, it is
said, is only known to two people today. The ingredients
are simple and purely natural: Karlsbad water, alcohol,
sugar and a mixture of herbs and spices. You can drink
Becherovka straight or use it as a base for cocktails.
Visit the Jan Becher
Museum to take a tour
of the Becherovka distillery and original cellars,
to taste the centuries old liquor right where it's made, and to
buy a bottle in the Becherovka factory shop to bring home a great
Karlovy Vary souvenir.
Jan Becher Museum
T. G. Masaryka 57
360 76 Karlovy Vary
www.becherovka.cz
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