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Germany: Drinks

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Prost! Drinks from Germany: recognise beer, apple spritzer, mulled wine, Radler, Riesling, Federweißer, Berliner Weiße, Spezi, Sekt and Malzbier. Good to know: The national drink, brewed to the purity law. Germany has thousands of breweries. Apple juice mixed with sparkling water. It is seen as an ideal thirst-quencher. Hot spiced red wine, on every Christmas market. ‘Mit Schuss’ means a shot of spirit is added. Beer mixed with lemon soda. The name is said to go back to thirsty cyclists. A famous German white wine, often from the Mosel and Rhine. Germany is the most important Riesling country. Young, still-fermenting grape must in autumn. It is traditionally eaten with onion tart. A sour wheat beer, often with red or green syrup. You order it ‘red’ or ‘green’. A mix of cola and orange soda. ‘Spezi’ is actually a brand that became a generic name. German sparkling wine, for toasting at celebrations. Germany drinks a particularly large amount of Sekt. A dark, sweet malt drink with little or no alcohol.

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Beer

The national drink, brewed to the purity law.

💡 Did you know? Germany has thousands of breweries.

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Apple spritzer

Apple juice mixed with sparkling water.

💡 Did you know? It is seen as an ideal thirst-quencher.

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Mulled wine

Hot spiced red wine, on every Christmas market.

💡 Did you know? ‘Mit Schuss’ means a shot of spirit is added.

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Radler

Beer mixed with lemon soda.

💡 Did you know? The name is said to go back to thirsty cyclists.

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Riesling

A famous German white wine, often from the Mosel and Rhine.

💡 Did you know? Germany is the most important Riesling country.

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