Jägermeister is herbal hell for some and party central for others. A spirit that is simultaneously described as a liqueur, a digestif, a medicine and a student rite of passage. As a drink, it’s intriguing and confusing in equal measure. It doesn’t have a trendy bottle, its name is hard to say, no one is 100% sure what’s in it and its history comes with a hint of Nazism. Curious to know more?

The story of Green Chartreuse, the famous French liqueur still hand-crafted in the Chartreuse Mountains, is steeped in myth, monks and a...

The first known use of the word ‘liqueur’ in its modern sense was in 1755, written by the gloriously named Father Polycarpe Poncelot.