Jagermeister

About Jagermeister - Jagermeister, pronounced with a soft J at the start is a spirit liqueur. It is Made in Wolfenbuttel, Germany and is a 35% volume herb Liqueur made from alcohol, beet and cane sugar and a variety of herbs and spices. You cant get any more information on the exact ingredients as it is a closely guarded secret! It is produced by the company Mast - Jagermeister AG and was established in 1878 although it wasn't brought onto the market until 1935. It was originally used and is still used in Germany and central Europe as a digestive aid and cough remedy and it wasn't until the ... more

My Husband first started drinking Jagermeister on nights out in town; he would have a Jager and Red Bull to boost his energy. I first tried Jagermeister a couple of months ago, despite regularly having a bottle in the house; I can't say I was all that impressed. Jagermeister is an herbal liqueur; it is supposed to be enjoyed as a digestif (after a meal to aid digestion) and a cough remedy. Not walloped down the neck in great quantities on a night out. The Jagermeister bottle is a dark green in colour (poison bottle?) and rectangular in shape, on the front of the bottle is a stag and a cross ... more

I always asociate Jagermeister with snowboarding and have consumed a fair amount. It is drunk as a shot or with a mixer. ----The Brand---- Jagermeister is a german drink and the name means 'hunt master' in german. To me it is synonamous with snowboarding and is heavily available in european ski resorts. I find they also sponsor a lot of heavy metal concerts, including having a stage at Sonisphere festival under their name. With this sponsorship and with the 'metal' jager girls often found hanging around with heavy metal bands such as slayer, Jager has become 'the' shot to do if you like a bit ... more

= Background = 'Jägermeister is a German 70-proof digestif[1] made with herbs and spices. It is the flagship product of Mast-Jägermeister SE, headquartered in Wolfenbüttel, south of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagermeist​er) The drink was invented by a hunter called Wilhelm Mast in 1978 and is produced and bottled by Mast-Jägermeister AG, Wolfenbüttel, Germany. Jägermeister literally means 'Master Hunter in English'. 'Jägermeister's ingredients include 56 herbs, fruits, roots, and spices including citrus peel, liquorice, anise, poppy seeds, saffron ... more

Jagermeister is an alcoholic drink available in 70cl bottles and is 30% alcohol. The bottle is green with a distinctive orange label sporting a stags head, which I think is a little unattractive. Jagermeister is classed as a liqueur and has been produced in Germany since around 1935. Made from a mixture of herbs Jeigermeiser is said to originally have been sold fro medicinal purposes similar to tonic wine. My first and last experience of Jagermeister was at party last year. I was given a Jager bomb, which is simply a shot of Jagermeister dropped in a glass of red bull which should be knocked ... more