A must see when visiting Berchtesgaden. This distillery offers a wide range of shots (schnapps)…read moremainly from Berchtesgaden. There is a hall that shows the history and distilling process. There is also a souvenir shop that offers plenty of free samples. Don't forget to walk outside and enter the little cabin found on the left side of the distillery. You don't need to book a tour.

I was traveling with my two college-aged children, and we had just visited Eagle's Nest (which is…read morevery nearby). We figured, if we are in Germany, we might as well learn about schnapps! It is very easy to find and a very colorful building. We didn't take the tour, but went right into the gift shop and started looking around. I have never seen so many flavors of schnapps in my life! Everything came in the little, miniature bottles, as well as medium and larger sized bottles. They have trays of samples throughout the store of 6-7 different types that you can try with small, almost thimble sized shot glasses. If you want to try a sample of a flavor not on the trays, just go up to the bar area in the middle of the store and ask for it. We tried several samples at the bar - the legal drinking age is 16 for beer/wine, 18 for alcohol. My kids are 19 and 21 (although they look younger), so they asked me if they were old enough and I said yes and that was that - no checking of ID's or anything. We settled on the Blood Orange Schnapps (which was delicious!) and the miniature bottles are 1 euro each which was quite a bargain we thought. After you leave the store don't go right back to your car - behind the store is the most amazingly clear river. You can stand on an overlook to see it - and it is literally clear! You can see every rock, pebble or fish all the way to the bottom and it was just gorgeous! So make sure you take a look. Definitely stop here to taste some German culture!