Whenever I go on a big night out, one of my friends invariably suggests that we do shots and the drink of choice is usually Sambuka. I just can't stomach it and I am now old enough and wise enough to know that it doesn't agree with me. Amongst others, I now find myself choosing the rather unusual Goldschlager. About the drink The name of the drink is German and it literally means 'Gold Beater'. The drink has Swizz origins but it is now producted in Italy. This drink is a version of Schnapps and it is flavoured with Cinnamon. What makes this drink special is that is has tiny flakes of gold floating in it. The rumours Different rumours ...  Read the complete review

Everyone likes a drink or two. Well, I know not everyone, but everybody that I know and spend time with will at least have a beer or two every few days, and usually significantly more than that. Having lived abroad a few times and meeting people from all over Europe and having friends who have done the same, however, has alerted me to the fact that most countries don't drink as much as we Brits do. Some people may find that cause for concern but I am included among the people for whom that fact inspires a sense of pride in being from the United Kingdom. We do know how to have fun. While you would imagine Germany to be the same, they don't drink in the same way as we do. .  Read the complete review

Before you read on, please believe me when I say that this sort of thing doesn't happen often!! A couple of years ago, my kids were all at their Gran's in Scotland for a week. I was free, free, free!! I went out for lunch with a good girlfriend of mine to a really nice pub in Newcastle, County Down called Quinn's. We had a lovely, civilized bar lunch, and I even pushed the boat out and had a nice glasss of claret with it. I felt really guilty for drinking in daylight hours, but as you will discover when you read on, I soon got over the guilt factor. My husband rang me on my mobile and said he was going to be late home. I ...  Read the complete review

Right then, how do I normally start my opinions off? With a piece of my history, and seems that I am a wee bit tipsy and I can't be bothered to change anything so here we go. My first experience of Goldschlager was not strictly Goldschlager itself. It was a drink called Strike. The drink is essentially the same, just a little stronger (about 50% compared to Goldschlager 43.5%, poxy). Anyway, too cut a long story short, all I can remember is phoning my mother up at two in the morning, telling her that I was very drunk and asking her what was she going to do about it. I think I woke up with a traffic cone on my head and my friend laughing at me, but it ...  Read the complete review

I first discovered Goldschlager when I worked in a cocktail bar back in the mid 1990's. I loved the novelty idea of it having flakes of gold floating about in it and it was an instant hit with my friends and I. I am also a big lover of cinnamon and to have a drink with two of my favourite things; cinnamon and gold, it was like all my Christmas' had come at once. A few months ago I decided to have a massive blow out in the house and ordered a lot of drink online, I ordered Jagermeister, Baileys, a load of becks, Vodka and finally, Goldshlager. ==What is it?== Goldshlager is a clear cinnamon schnapps, the selling point, being the flakes of gold leaf ...  Read the complete review