Hello
I will be traveling up the Rhine through the Christmas markets and I am seeking suggestions for Schnapps tasting in cities along the way. Ports of calls will include Breisach, Mannheim, Koblenz and Cologne.
The market stands will likely offer Schnapps but also thinking there might be particular restaurants or shops fellow travelers might have encountered.
Appreciate hearing suggestions I can check out ahead of my December river trip.
Thank you
David
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Alsenborn, Germany
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Well, based on the sequence of cities, you're going down the Rhine, not up. i can't comment on Breisach, but Mannheim's market isn't worth a stop. If you have the time, get on a train and go 10 minutes east to Heidelberg which is much better. And at Koblenz, get a ticket for the Winter Garden in the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. It's fantastic. The market there isn't bad, but the show in the old fort is much better.
Schnapps isn't that much of a thing in the area you're traveling through. It's wine country, so brandies are much more common. There are some distilleries though, so you should be able to find something. Look these guys up: https://www.birkenhof-brennerei.de/
And in Rudesheim there's Asbach.