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Zwetschgenbrand im Kastanienfass gereift

English translation: plum brandy aged in chestnut barrels

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German term or phrase:Zwetschgenbrand im Kastanienfass gereift
English translation:plum brandy aged in chestnut barrels
Entered by: Claire Cox

09:34 Apr 14, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel / Schnapsprobe
German term or phrase: Zwetschgenbrand im Kastanienfass gereift
Ein badisches Reiseunternehmen bietet eine Schnapsprobe in einer örlichen Brennerei an. Es scheint sich dabei um eine regionale Spezialität zu handeln.

Wer kennt sich aus? Danke für Vorschläge
Ingrun Wenge
Germany
Local time: 08:34
plum brandy matured in chestnut barrels
Explanation:
Why not just the literal translation? - sounds delicious!
Selected response from:

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:34
Grading comment
Many thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +10plum brandy matured in chestnut barrels
Claire Cox
3 +3plum schnapps aged in a chestnut cask
Erin Zauner
4 +1damson plum schnapps matured in chestnut barrels
Erika Berrai-Flynn
4"Badische slivovitz"
David Moore (X)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +10
plum brandy matured in chestnut barrels


Explanation:
Why not just the literal translation? - sounds delicious!

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 63
Grading comment
Many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stephen Sadie: this sounds absolutuely fine to me ... prosit
15 mins
  -> Thanks Stephen
agree  Ellen Kraus
25 mins
  -> Thanks Ellen
agree  Craig Meulen
26 mins
  -> Thanks Craig
agree  Ken Cox: where do I sign up?
28 mins
  -> Thanks Ken - I must confess to making plum gin with the surplus from my allotment last year and it was/is absolutely delicious....
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: perfect!
1 hr
  -> Thanks Hilary
agree  Armorel Young
1 hr
  -> Thanks Armorel
agree  Colin Rowe: I like "plum brandy" (as a translation, I mean), but "aging" appears to get more ghits than "maturing" in conjunction with brandy
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Colin - I agree: aged sounds better
agree  Darin Fitzpatrick: With Colin - brandy over schnapps, and aged over matured.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Darin
agree  Barbara Wiebking
12 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
21 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Badische slivovitz"


Explanation:
Assuming it IS a Badische speciality, and not REAL slivovitz...

I think everyone knows that slivovitz is plum brandy, so this should be quite acceptable.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 09:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 81

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Stephen Sadie: sorry David, but we cannot assume that the visitors will know the term
14 mins
neutral  Hilary Davies Shelby: with Stephen, I'm afraid - I've never heard of it!
1 hr
neutral  writeaway: off the marc. it's really too far west for slivovitz. Badische isn't terribly English sounding either .
2 hrs
neutral  Darin Fitzpatrick: That might work for German -> Yiddish .... :-)
3 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
plum schnapps aged in a chestnut cask


Explanation:
Or you could get more specific and say "damson plum"

Erin Zauner
Germany
Local time: 09:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Stephen Sadie: aged?? plum schnapps sounds strange too
14 mins
agree  Colin Rowe: "aged", to me, sounds like exactly the right term. I like "cask", too. I think I prefer "plum brandy" to "plum schnap(p)s", however - as a translation, I mean! ;-)
2 hrs
agree  Cetacea: damson plum. And both schnapps and brandy age--if you let them... ;-)
2 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
21 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
damson plum schnapps matured in chestnut barrels


Explanation:
Zwetschgen sind damson plums, Pflaumen sind plums.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damson


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Note added at 41 mins (2008-04-14 10:16:15 GMT)
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Würde es beim Schnapps lassen. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/schnapps

Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.germanrecipebook.com/dictionary.asp
Erika Berrai-Flynn
United States
Local time: 09:34
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cetacea: I'd prefer "aged", but both terms are used.
2 hrs
  -> Danke Cetaea. Schnaps wird (im Gegensatz zu Wein) nicht allzulange in Holzfässern gelagert. Erstfüllung in neue Fässer: max. 3-4 Monate, bei der 2. Füllung ca. 1 Jahr. Deshalb spricht man wohl nicht von *gealtert im Holzfach, sondern *gereift im Holzfass.
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