Rumple Minze

The brand is owned by the holding company Diageo, based in London.

[1] The Rumple Minze peppermint liquor has a strong peppermint smell and taste, and it has a high alcohol content at 50% alcohol by volume, (100 proof), which is significantly higher compared to the 40% (or 80 proof) of most liquors .

It is commonly served chilled, straight up (in some cases as a digestif[2]) or it can also be mixed to form various cocktails.

However, local brands such as Berliner Luft and Nordbrand Nordhausen are largely unknown outside of Germany.

The name is an artificial portmanteau word consisting of "rumple", which is reminiscent of the German word "Rumpeln" (to make a dull, rumbling sound), and "Minze", the German spelling of mint.