Recipes for Authentic German Beverages

German cuisine offers a host of beverages for all four seasons, made from German fruits, juices, beer, wine, mineral water and sekt. Refreshment both alcoholic and non-alcoholic! (For recipes made just for cocktail hour, you may want to visit our Cocktails page.)

Kalte Ente (Cold Duck ) Bowle

Elderflower Cocktail (Hugo)

Spritzers (Schorle)

Fruit Punch (Fruchtbowle)

Fire Tongs Punch (Feuerzangenbowle)

Green Maibowle (Waldmeister Bowle)

May Punch (Maibowle)

Spiced Mulled Wine (Glühwein)

Rosehip Cooler (Hagebutten Shake)

Radler

Watermelon Lemonade

Dark Beer Punch (Altbierbowle)

Simple Watermelon Slushie

Non-Alcoholic Hot Fruit Punch (Kinderpunsch)

Strawberry Punch (Erdbeerbowle)

Raspberry Beer Cooler

Scottish Lemonade

Sparkling Fresh Pink Lemonade