![]() The Swedes will also often sing traditional drinking songs with their snaps such as the most popular one ‘Helan går’. At Christmas, snaps glasses are decorated with the Swedish equivalent of Santa Claus. ![]() In Sweden it is customary to offer guests a snaps when herring (a popular type of fish to cook in Sweden) is served. These glasses are a big deal with specialist companies hand-making them with pristine glass making techniques.Ī glass of snaps (which you may know by the German name schnapps) may be big or small and is distilled from grain or potatoes before being spiced in an endless variety of natural ingredients like fruits such as blackcurrant. Swedish snaps is a warm winter drink in Sweden that is traditionally served in a small long-stemmed ‘snaps glass’. Ready-made wine glögg, as well as low or non-alcoholic versions are also available in stores. When preparing homemade glögg using spices, the hot mixture is left to infuse for at least an hour, often longer, and then reheated before serving. To make producing it quick and easy, glögg spice extract and ready-mixed spices can be purchased in grocery stores throughout Scandinavia. These parties usually serve gløgg with risgrøt, a Norwegian style of rice pudding. Gløgg is so popular in Norway that parties are centred around them ahead of Christmas. A non-alcohol version is used for children which obviously is made without the wine. The added spices and honey make the wine drinkable again. Traditionally, gløgg is made from expired red wine as the Norwegians don’t like letting anything go to waste. Much like Gluhwein, it is made with cloves and cinnamon, and served warm with some almonds and raisins. Gløgg (pronounced ‘glurgg’) is a mulled wine that is drunk at Christmas time in Norway. It shares a similar recipe, but this drink requires a rum-soaked sugarloaf set on fire which drips into the wine. The invention of Glühwein is normally attributed to Count John IV of Katzenelnbogen, a German nobleman who was the first grower of Riesling grapes.Īnother popular variant of Glühwein in Germany is the Feuerzangenbowle. ![]() In Alsace Christmas markets, it is traditionally the only alcoholic beverage served. It is a traditional beverage offered during the Christmas holidays. Glühwein is popular in German-speaking countries and also in the region of Alsace in France. Some variations of Glühwein may also use white wine, though it is less popular than the red version.įor children, Kinderpunsch is offered at Christmas markets, which is a punch with similar spices but obviously no alcohol. Fruit wines, such as blueberry wine and cherry wine, are also used instead of grape wine in some parts of Germany. Germans often drink with a mit Schuss, or a shot as we call it, of rum or some other alcohol. Glühwein is usually made from red wine and is heated and spiced with cinnamon sticks, cloves, star aniseed, citrus, sugar and sometimes vanilla pods. Glühwein in German roughly means “glowing-wine” due to the look it gives as it boils. While it’s not quite as popular in Australia as in Europe, a hearty warm wine is just sensational in front of an open fire in our colder months. When the temperature goes down outside, the temperature of beverages increases.
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