Schnapps for Cocktails
Beverage that takes several forms, from distilled fruit brandies, herbal liqueurs, infusions, to flavored liqueurs.
Peppermint Schnapps
Peppermint schnapps is a clear, mint-flavored distilled spirit. It's most often made with neutral grain alcohol and peppermint extract and tastes like a liquid candy cane.
Notable brands: Rumple Minze
Cocktails using Peppermint Schnapps: Hot Peppermint Patty
Schnapps
Schnapps is a type of distilled spirit. True schnapps is made by fermenting fruit juices along with the base liquor, so schnapps is considered a fruit brandy or eau de vie. The result of this schnapps process is a stronger and often clear distilled spirit, much like a lightly-flavored vodka.
Swap with: Liqueur
Cocktails using Schnapps: Sex on the Beach
Butterscotch Schnapps
Made by mixing butter and brown sugar with a neutral base spirit. Some, however, will use a butterscotch extract for flavoring and add a sweetener to the liquor; these ingredients may be natural or artificial.