Jägermeister

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Jägermeister

Type	Liqueur
Alcohol by Volume	100.0%
Proof	70
Manufacturer	Mast-Jägermeister AG
Country of Origin	Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Introduced	1935
Colour	Red-Brown/Black

The title of this article contains the character ä. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as "Jaegermeister".

Jägermeister is a strong (70-proof; 35%) liqueur flavored with herbs. It is the flagship product of Mast-Jägermeister AG, headquartered in Wolfenbüttel, south of Braunschweig, Germany.

Jägermeister's recipe is a secret; it is claimed to be a blend of 56 herbs. Although licorice is a major component of its flavor, it is not as predominant in Jägermeister as it is in true licorice-flavored liqueurs. It is a digestive spirit similar to other Central European stomach bitters, such as Gammel Dansk from Denmark, the Hungarian Unicum, or Czech Becherovka. In contrast to many such drinks, Jägermeister has a sweet flavor. On tap, the drink is ideally served at 4°C.

1 Origins and trademarks
2 Jägermeister in popular culture
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Origins and trademarks

The word Jägermeister in German means "hunter expert" (combining Jäger, hunter, and Meister, master). The Jägermeister logo, the head of a stag with a glowing cross between the antlers, is a reference to the story of Saint Hubert. On the edge of the label of a Jägermeister bottle, the following poem by Otto von Riesenthal is printed:

Das ist des Jägers Ehrenschild,

daß er beschützt und hegt sein Wild,

weidmännisch jagt, wie sich's gehört,

den Schöpfer im Geschöpfe ehrt.

In English:

This is the hunter's badge of honour,

that he protect and nourish his game,

hunt sportingly, as is proper,

and honour the Creator in creation.

Or, slightly more loosely but preserving rhyme and meter:

This is the hunter's badge of glory:

That he protects and tends his quarry,

Hunts with honour, as is due,

And through the beast to God is true.

The company was founded in 1878 by Wilhelm Mast. In 1934, the recipe for the herbal liquor was developed, and the product was introduced to the German market in 1935. The original purpose of this concoction was medicinal; being used to cure everything from an incessant cough to digestive problems. In Germany, it is still widely recognized as a digestif and is kept in many German households for such purposes, sometimes being irreverently called Leberkleber, or "liver-glue."

Beginning in 1970, it was exported to 60 countries. In the United States, it became popular through savvy promotion by Sidney Frank and association with the wild partying of heavy metal bands like Metallica, Pantera and Slayer. Jägermeister is the tour sponsor of underground metal bands such as Hemlock, Orange Goblin, Dog Fashion Disco and 8mm Overdose, and it also sponsors the biannual Jägermeister Music Tour. The product is widely used as an alcoholic "shooter" and is served in many American bars today very cold.

[edit] Jägermeister in popular culture

Ben Kweller mentions "drinking Jäger all day," in his song titled Commerce, TX.
Golan Cipel, aide to Former New Jersey governor James McGreevey, told the New York Daily News that McGreevey served him Jägermeister before making sexual advances to him. ^[1]
"Jägermeister Pie" appears on Beck's Stereopathetic Soulmanure (1994).
Soul Position performs "Blame it on the Jäger." ^[2]
Evil Jared Hasselhoff of The Bloodhound Gang, and other band members have expressed a liking for Jägermeister. The band was sponsored by the beverage since shortly before their 1995 LP, Use Your Fingers, was released.
Thrash metal band GWAR wrote and recorded a song called "Jagermonsta" for their 1999 release, We Kill Everything. The liquid used in the Jagermonsta segment of "It's Sleazy" is the exact same color and consistency as (and probably was) Jägermeister.
On an episode of Entourage, actor Seth Green and his crew try to order a round of Jägermeister for Vince and the boys, and is quickly rebuffed that they "stopped drinking Jäger in high school."
In the music video "Play No Games", Lil Jon totes a bottle of Jägermeister.
In a flashback during an episode of Mission Hill, Andy French comments on how his brother was thrown ridiculous birthdays, to his friend Jim Kuback who proposes they "break out the Jägermeister" to celebrate his leaving for college.
Comedian Dave Attell makes many references to Jägermeister as being his favorite drink in both his stand-up comedy and on his now canceled show Insomniac with Dave Attell, going as far as using the drink as a name for his star in the international star registry..
In Issue No. 3 of Frank Miller's All Star Batman and Robin a pair of lowlifes enter Black Canary's bar and request "three shots of Jäger" each, plus a whispered "one girl each." Canary serves them the Jägers, but says "As for the other service you gents requested of me, I'll leave it to you boys to provide for each other."
In the television show The Office episode Diwali (S3E06) Andy breaks out a bottle for himself and Jim to drink shots of while staying late after work.
The television show How I Met Your Mother has a Jägermeister bottle located on the shelf of Ted Mosbey's apartment.
In episode 12 of Pure Pwnage, Anastasia, Jeremy, Kyle, and a waitress do shots of Jägermeister at a bar.
Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht on occasion do shots of Jägermeister on the podcast Diggnation.
Nirvana's home video Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! features a clip of someone vomiting on themselves backstage and a voice in the background mentions that he has been drinking Jägermeister.
The Stephen Lynch song "She Gotta Smile" contains the lyric "I know he smells like whiskey and he's had a couple rounds, but with every shot of Jäger, you lose a couple of pounds"
In several episodes of Friends, a bottle of Jägermeister can be seen on the fridge in Joey & Chandler's apartment.
In an episode of Scrubs, JD and Turk reminisce about the time after a party where JD washed the Jägermeister out Turk's hair.
Also in an episode of Scrubs, The Todd asks Elliot if she wants to party with him and a bottle of Jägermeister.
Stoned Sheep bassist Spencer Brown said, "If it wasn't for Jägermeister, I would've killed myself by now."
In The Offspring song, "Spare Me The Details" - where his girlfriend drank "seven shots of Jäger- she was in a bedroom with another guy"
In Phil Foglio's Girl Genius graphic novel, one of the species of guards are called "Jaegermonsters."
The band Psychostick performs a song called "The Jagermeister Love Song"
In one of stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan's jokes he says "You know it's kind of hard to get a woman buzzed when you don't drink. It's kind of like 'Yeah, I'll have a glass of water...and do you wanna shot of Jäger?"
In Scary Movie 3 Sayaman says to Tom Logan (Charlie Sheen) "I'm sorry about that night. If I hadn't fallen asleep while driving for that exact 20 minutes. If I hadn't drank that exact whole bottle of Jägermeister. If only I hadn't killed that hooker."
Singer/songwriter Lee Totten's "The Jagermeister Song" starts out with "Woke up on the kitchen floor..." and proceeds to detail the effects of a night on Jager.
In the Slipknot documentary Voliminal: Inside The Nine, one of the drivers for Slipknot is seen chugging as much Jägermeister as he can for five hundred U.S. Dollars, following that are scenes showing the after effects.
The german punk band Die Toten Hosen released a song called "10 kleine Jägermeister" (10 little professional hunters) (1996)
In the Limp Bizkit song "Turn Me Loose" featuring Eminem, Eminem says "Get a Shot of Jäger, fell asleep on the ceiling"
In The Hilltop Hoods song "What A Great Night DNR", the chorus features the line "Jäger Bombs, you rock the house"
The Jägerbomb is popular in lots of Australian, Canadian, and Irish clubs, it consists of dropping a shot of Jäger into a glass of Red Bull.

Jäger-Bomb

In episode 2 of Strangers with Candy, Jerri Blank pours a cup of Jägermeister for Tammi Littlenut, while attempting to seduce her in a motel.
On The Freebeer and Hotwings Morning Show Producer Joe snorted Jägermeister.
The band Hinder can be seen taking shots of Jägermeister on the insert of their Extreme Behavior album.
The Heavy Metal band Pantera famously drank their invention the Blacktooth Grin, which comprised of a Seagrams 7, a dash of Crown Royal, a dash of Jägermeister and was topped off with Coca Cola.
Motley Crue famously drinks Jägermeister while on tour. In 2006, Tommy Lee passed bottles of Jägermeister to the crowd to drink.
In the online adventure game "Pimp's Quest", it is necessary to collect a bottle of Jägermeister to win the game.
In Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Marilyn Manson makes several references to drinking Jägermeister.
In several episodes of Season 9 of Friends a Large bottle of Jager can be seen atop Joeys fridge .