Is schnapps a liqueur?

Answer 1

No, it's a spirit, and, if you can get the real McCoy, not the rubbish you get in the UK, from Germany, Czech etc..bloody powerful.

Answer 2

Schnapps, a German word, "is the generic term for all white (clear) brandies distilled from fermented fruits. True Schnapps has no sugar added and is definitely an aquired taste." Schnappses are different from liqueurs on two major fronts, they being both fermented and distilled, where liqueurs are simply fruits steeped in an alcohol which has already been fermented and distilled.

Answer 3

Schnapps, from the German meaning for clear liquid.

Schnapps, a liquer derivative is traditionally served as typical measure of two centilitres in Bavaria called a "Stamperl" (a shot glass). The glasses are calibrated for this amount, in northern Germany as well as in the south. But the type of schnapps in the glasses differs quite considerably, also from the east to the west of Germany.

Should you drink on the North Sea coast, an Enzian, (schnapps made in the Alps) is much more fitting with a hearty snack in the south. Just as a Kirschwasser (cherry schnapps) is served with ham in the Black Forest and in Berlin a Doppelkorn (corn schnapps) with knuckle of pork, sauerkraut and mashed peas.

Just as with food, the preference for high-proof spirits depends on the region. In general schnapps means a clear liquid. But in the northern and eastern part of the country grain is mostly distilled, whereas in the south fruits from the orchards of the Rhine valley and the Lake Constance area are distilled to obtain fruit-flavoured spirits and the berries from the Black Forest are used to create fine, scented spirits.

This also inspires the mind. Oberkirch, the centre of German fruit spirit distilleries, where almost 900 small and tiny distilleries are located, houses a schnapps academy. Graduates from this academy are issued a "Wässerli-Diplom" (Schnapps Diploma).

Schnapps is the generic term for all spirits that warm you up and make you feel good. No matter whether they are clear or coloured, bitter or sweet.

A schnapps is always appropriate - as an aperitif, an after-dinner drink or simply when you feel like it. Especially in the north people love to drink it together with a beer. It is called "Lüttje Lage" (little round) in Hannover and "Lütt un Lütt" (small and small) in Hamburg.

Monks discovered that alcohol has medicinal properties.

German physicians and chemists cultivated the idea with dedication. Their formulas are still bottled today, from Ettal monastery in Bavaria to the Harz region and on to Rostock.

Answer 4

Schnapps, is a popularized term that now encompasses variety of drinks. Originally, perhaps it was any spirits drunk from shotglasses.
Having schnapps in FInland generally means that you sing amusing short songs and then down the spirit.

Schnapps after that, have expanded. I don't know if spirits were called schnapps, or if schnapps is a spirit first, but nowadays, they are both.

Answer 5

No the real German Schnapps is made from wheat ,is not sweet
and very sharp ! You normaly drink it as a chaser that is with lager Cheers !
It is also called Korn .

Answer 6

In a word: Yes. Schnapps has a lower alcohol content than liquor and is flavored.

Answer 7

Schnapps is whiskey. Correction: In Yiddish, growing up, schnapps refered to whiskey, but apparently the term has a more general meaning.

Answer 8

Yes it is a liqueur, you can get lots of flavours. I like butterscotch!

Answer 9

No I think it's a spirit as it distilled from a variety of things, for example Danish Snaps (Akvavit) is from potatoes.

Answer 10

no, I think it's not as sweet as liqueur. But I don't know really.