The pálinka tradition runs from a 1332 record of Hungarian aqua vitae to modern EU PGI protection restricting the name to fruit spirits distilled in Hungary. Barackpálinka (apricot) from the Great Plain around Kecskemét is the celebrated regional flagship Wikipedia: Pálinka.
Hungary has over a thousand pálinka makers — from big houses like Zwack to specialists like Agárdi, Panyolai, Árpád and Szicsek (which distills from some 30 fruits). Home distillers famously worked from windfall fruit unfit for the table We Love Budapest.