Icebreaker (drink)

The icebreaker ( Low German also Iesbreker , Isbreker ) is an alcoholic hot drink that is particularly widespread in northern Germany . The basic ingredients are water, rum , red wine and sugar.

The term icebreaker is a dialect joke transfer to icebreaker (ship), which is proven above all in Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The drink can be found in North German literature since the beginning of the 20th century.

Individual evidence

^ Ludwig Erich Schmitt (editor): German word research in European references, Volume 7, page 195. Verlag Schmitz. ISBN 9783877110430 .
^ Die Grenzboten , Volume 66, 1907, page 53. Martin Rockenbach (editor): Return to Orplid, Verlag Fredebeul & Koenen, 1924, page 155 .; Gorch Fock : seafaring is necessary! Verlag Glogau 1921, Second Stremel. (First published in 1913); Otto Mensing , Schleswig-Holstein Dictionary , Volume 1, 1927, Wachholtz-Verlag

[1] Ludwig Erich Schmitt (editor): German word research in European references, Volume 7, page 195. Verlag Schmitz. ISBN 9783877110430 .

[2] Die Grenzboten , Volume 66, 1907, page 53. Martin Rockenbach (editor): Return to Orplid, Verlag Fredebeul & Koenen, 1924, page 155 .; Gorch Fock : seafaring is necessary! Verlag Glogau 1921, Second Stremel. (First published in 1913); Otto Mensing , Schleswig-Holstein Dictionary , Volume 1, 1927, Wachholtz-Verlag