Easy Pineapple Punch Recipe -Ananas Bowle for Parties!

This easy Pineapple Punch recipe comes together with minimal effort, but tastes like you went through a lot of trouble. Canned (or fresh) pineapple, wine, champagne and some juice come together to create a tasty mix… with a little bit of a punch. (And it’s a nice way to stretch out the wine budget a bit since generally, you use…

German Beer Day- Celebrating the Reinheitsgebot of 1516

April 23rd is German Beer Day! (Isn’t every day German Beer Day?) This auspicious date celebrates the signing of the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot (Beer Purity Law) of 1516. Bavarian Duke William IV decreed that beer could only contain Barley, Hops, and Water (the importance of yeast still hadn’t been worked out).  Now over 500 years old, it’s one of the oldest…

What is Bock Beer? And Do Germans Really Call it Liquid Bread?

I regularly see memes and articles about how German beer is considered “flüssiges Brot” or liquid bread. But where does this idea come from? Most likely this started with  a group of monks and Bock Bier. During Lent, members of the Paulaner order abstained from eating solid food. Bock beer, with its extra load of carbohydrates and nutrients satisfied some…

What is a Radler? – The History of a Drink Named for a Cyclist

I realize this might be considered blasphemy, but I’m not much of a beer drinker. I just never developed a taste for it (apparently, I make an “eeewww” face from the bitter flavor when I drink it). But soda is generally too sweet. Fortunately, an innkeeper in Deisenhofen, Germany came up with a solution that I really enjoy when he…

How to make Eierlikör at Home

My Oma always had a bottle of Eierlikör and a bottle of Schnapps in the door of her refrigerator. The Schnapps was there for when my Onkel stopped in on his way home to Mittagessen for a ‘Kurzen’ with her… and the Eierlikör was for us. We would get our warm meal mid-day, and there would always be a Nachtisch…

White Glühwein Recipe – Citrus and Spice and everything nice!

While on my Christmas Market Tour last I took the opportunity to taste all sorts of warm drinks… there was Red Glühwein, Feuerzangenbowle, Punsch, Eierpunsch, and WHITE Glühwein. White Glühwein? I’d never seen that before! And I love it! It’s warm and flavorful with the addition of Cinnamon, Anise and Allspice. But it also has more of a citrus kick,…

Recipe for Aperol Spritz- Refreshing Drink on a Hot Day

  This summer I’ve spent far too much time playing “this time last year I was…”. You know the game. Here we are at home, the sun is shining, and I just keep imagining that little restaurant in Bamberg where we spent an evening relaxing over drinks while people watching. And of course, to help cool down (there was a…

What is Smoked Beer? A Visit to Schlenkerla in Bamberg!

I admit, I had never heard about smoked beer until a few years ago when I was out to dinner with my parents. My father was so excited to find Schlenkerla Rauchbier on the menu! He had enjoyed it years before when stationed in Bamberg, but had never seen it in the US before. This summer I took a beer…

Rüdesheim Coffee Recipe – Make Rüdesheimer Kaffee at HOME

One of my favorite souvenirs this summer was a Rudesheim Coffee Recipe. Rüdesheim on the Rhine is best known for the many Wein Stuben that line the Drosselgasse. But wine isn’t the only popular Beverage in town. Since 1957, Rüdesheimer Kaffee, generously flavored with Asbach Uralt, has been lifting the spirits of tourists and locals alike. So, naturally, when my…

German Beer Brewing Witches? The Dark History of Women Brewers

Did the current image we have of witches (pointy hat, broom, cat, cauldron) come from Medieval female Beer Brewers? Did German Witches Brew Beer?? Were female brewers WITCHES? Or were they victims of world-wide hysteria? There has been some interesting speculation lately, so I thought I’d share the bits and pieces I found. After all, German does have plenty of…

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