Home pálinka distillation: the rented distilerries are the winners

From September 2010 it is legal to produce a small amount of pálinka at home.

The idea of the Fidesz received plenty of professional and political criticism. The associations and professional organizations were worrying about the reputation of the Hungarian pálinka from the dilettantes. Font Sándor (Fidesz), president of, the agriculture committee of the National Assembly, told to Népszabadság, that the period since the act came into force has proved that this option did not change the conditions of the spirits market – writes Népszabadság Online.