The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails

quetsch


quetsch is a type of highly aromatic black plum also known as switzen that originated in Asia and gives its name to a plum eau-de-vie made mainly in Alsace, France, but also in Germany, where it is known as zwetschenwasser, and in eastern Europe. See plums and eau-de-vie. A potent and colorless fruit brandy with a complex aroma of plums and nuts, quetsch is usually pot distilled, routinely aged (in glass) up to ten years, and consumed like most eaux-de-vie, neat as an after-dinner digestive.

See also brandy and aperitif and digestive.

By: Jack Robertiello