Prešov Prelika is closing after 122 years. Its brandies and mustards have been taken over by competitors from the west of the country

The traditional Prešov company is closing down after several financially difficult years and layoffs. The new owners of its products promise to maintain their current quality even after moving production to western Slovakia. The first distillery, with a relatively large annual capacity of 34,000 hectoliters for those times, was founded in Prešov in 1903 by a total of 22 local landowners. They created the Association of Agricultural Distillers, R…