Jägermeister’s recipe is a trade secret. It is a digestif spirit similar to other central European stomach bitters, such as Gammel Dansk from Denmark, Unicum from Hungary, and Becherovka from the Czech Republic. When contrasted with those beverages, Jägermeister tastes less bitter.
On their website (Mast-Jägermeister), it is suggested that Jägermeister be kept in a freezer at -18°C (0°F) or on tap between -15° and -11°C (5° to 12°F).
In Germany, the term Bitter applies only to those bitters that are actually bitter. Since Jägermeister has a semi-sweet flavour, it is instead considered a Kräuterlikör (literally “herbal liqueur”); the technical term for it is Halbbitter (“half bitter”). Most of the many other brands of Kräuterlikör in Germany are not widely exported. Jägermeister is the market leader in Germany.[citation needed]
Translated literally, Jägermeister means “hunt-master,” combining Jäger (hunter) and Meister (master, in the sense of an accomplished professional). A free translation would be gamekeeper or forest supervisor. As a legal term, Jägermeister was introduced in 1934 to designate senior foresters and hunters in the forestry administration.
The Jägermeister logo, which shows the head of a stag with a glowing cross between its antlers, is a reference to the stories of Saint Hubertus and Saint Eustace.[3] On the edge of the label on a Jägermeister bottle, there apppears the following poem by Otto von Riesenthal (1848):
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 preserve his game,
hunt sportingly, as is proper,
and honour the Creator in the creature.
Or, a more loose translation that preserves 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.
According to Mast-Jägermeister AG, the translation is:
It is the hunter's honour that he
protects and preserves his game,
hunts sportsmanlike, honours the
Creator in his creatures.
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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. As one of Hermann Göring's functions under the Nazi regime was Reichsjägermeister ("Reich hunter master": meaning he was head of all German hunters), it is widely considered to have been created to honor Göring.[citation needed]
The original purpose of this concoction was medicinal; being used to cure everything from an incessant cough to digestive problems. It was used in World War II as a field anesthetic.[citation needed] In Germany, it is still widely recognised as a digestif, and is kept in some German households for such purposes, sometimes being irreverently called Leberkleister (i.e., "liver-glue"). It is also commonly used in small quantities around the home as an insect trap, as small flies and wasps are drawn to the sweet smell and taste of the drink.[citation needed]
As of 1970, Jägermeister was exported to fifty countries.
In recent years, it has been considered a very popular drink among college students.
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