Dockworkers' Dram · Sevablødda
Sevablødda
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Its odd name literally means 'soap-softener' in the Bornholmsk dialect — it started as a small warming dram handed to exhausted dockworkers in Nexø as they hauled boats up soap-greased slipways.
Sevablødda is a spiced cherry dram with warm notes of cinnamon and clove alongside a rich cherry base, bottled at around 40% ABV. It's typically drunk neat as a fortifying shot, though it also shows up in cocktails at Bornholm's small local distilleries.
Why it's made this way: This is a Bornholm original with a recipe over a century old, tied specifically to the island's fishing-harbor life in towns like Nexø, and it remains a point of local pride made by the island's small craft distilleries today.
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