Goldschlager Cinnamon Schnapps Liqueur, 70 cl

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These 19 Goldschlager cocktails are all you need to transform an already fascinating drink into something that everyone will marvel at. Although you won’t use too much lemon in this drink, the sweet and creamy taste of eggnog is evened out by the subtle sourness that the lemon brings. After all, that unrivaled era didn't just give us Crystal Pepsi and Hanson; it was also a time when Goldschläger was seen as a classy, in-demand alcoholic beverage (via Wine Enthusiast). He worked as a bartender instructor for many years, teaching people how to make cocktails like a pro. Then again, since all-things-1990s appear to be cool again in the 2020s, perhaps Goldschläger's time will once again come.

Goldschlager is a Swiss cinnamon schnapps liqueur with actual gold flakes that dates back to the early 1990s. In this case, Goldschlager is a bold and well-loved Swiss cinnamon liqueur with thin but real gold flakes in it. While the uninitiated might imagine a brand bursting with golden flavor, Goldschläger doesn't, in fact, taste like gold — largely because edible gold is quite literally devoid of any flavor (via Maclean's). If you’ve ever touched gold leaf before, it is extremely soft and malleable, and there’s absolutely no way it could cause internal lacerations.

While drinking gold may seem like the ultimate luxury, the metal actually has no taste whatsoever and adds nothing to the flavor profile of this schnapps, or any other food that it’s in.

You will have to use some of your skills because this drink requires you to layer drinks to give it that beautiful gradient-like appearance. Gold of inferior purity could potentially have harmful amounts of other (reactive) metals, so it’s very important that vendors selling edible gold ensure its purity. The earthy and spicy flavors of this drink blend beautifully, and when you taste this drink, there’s no turning back. Goldschlager had a brief moment of popularity in the 1990s, when a bizarre urban legend cropped up that the flakes would cause tiny cuts in the throat, allowing the drinker to get drunk faster. Of course, unless your only interest is the appearance of gold flakes (which it just might be), we'd advise you to stick with the brand you know will deliver — i.It has a sweet, cinnamon flavor with a hint of heat from the spices, and a warm finish from the alcohol. Made with a combination of cinnamon schnapps and over 27 types of distilled spices, this unique liqueur has become well-known for its signature gold flakes – which are actually real 24 karat gold leaf! If you’ve never tried it, you’re not missing much: ordinary cinnamon-flavored booze with a lot of sugar.