Berentzen Pear Schnapps, 70 cl

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See immersion heaters placed inside plastic canisters, which were used to make alcohol in prisons, and a pressure cooker and other everyday objects turned into a home distillery by inventive housewives.

In fact, most liquor stores will have some similar variety of fruit brandy and those with a strong European community may even have genuine products from home.Today, it is one of the top alcoholic hot drinks in Switzerland and one you must try, especially if you are visiting Switzerland in winter. Traditional Obstler Schnaps fruit brandy is not made by distilling any sort of grain. In fact, the only ingredient is fresh fruit! Indeed, all authentic fruit brandy is made by distilling fresh fruit that has been fermented and then cutting it with clean water.

Schnapps of course is synonymous with fruity flavours. Popular in Switzerland, southern Germany and the French region Alsace, the main kinds of fruit used are pears, apples, plums and cherries; the Austrians also enjoy apricot schnapps called Marillenschnaps. Apples and pears make Obstwasser, plums make Zwetchgenwasser and cherries produce Kirschwasser. All of these are actually eaux de vie, a type of fruit brandy, though they have all acquired their own German names.Hot chocolate was traditionally served at your bedside, and later on in history, for breakfast, especially in French-speaking Switzerland. Nowadays, everyone drinks hot chocolate at any time of the day. One of the top drinks in Switzerland and around the globe that was also first produced in Switzerland is Absinthe. STEP #4–The remainder of the product will be tails. The tails may look milky and will lose the fruity aroma. Discard the tails. Schümli Pflümli is made by adding plum schnapps (fruit brandy) to coffee and sugar which is then served with a rich topping of whipped cream.