post Guzzi ride gin...but which one?

[jcctx]

In the US, "schnapps" is usually flavored with fruit and has added sugar and glycerine.  So it's a syrupy liqueur, not much for martinis!  In Germany, "Schnaps" is anything strong.  This is what I read, never tried it either way, but I'm glad I looked it up - this will save me from the error of trying the US version.

I get from our local aqvavit maker that in Scandinavian languages they might call that snaps;  at the moment I'm trying a less traditional formula with a lot of fennel, anise and caraway.  Haven't tried it in a martini, maybe I will.

Forty plus years ago when I was working there, if you ordered schnap(p?)s (usually after a meal) you got a shot or so of a slightly yellow tinted liquor that tasted a lot like gin. Most of us americans referred to it as german gin??? Was unlike any I have bought here; but, I like the peppermint flavored stuff!!!

[fossil]

I second that. Here in Germany anything that is clear and alcoholic and without flavour and will be downed without thinking is a "Schnaps". Some call it a "Verteiler" (distributor) as it allegedly has to distribute and help to solve food in the stomach. Gin has a taste, so it is not a Schnaps in proper meaning, Aquavit is something at the border (there are really tasty ones).