No 255 Reichenau snake cucumber - ghost

Cucumber or gherkin? That was the question here! When such a question arises, we approach it the right way. Of course, it was obvious to produce our gherkin spirit with the famous gherkins from the nearby Spreewald. But our blind tastings as part of our systematic product development ultimately gave the snake gherkin the edge in terms of smell and taste. And if snake gherkins are to be used, then they should come from the place where they thrive best in Germany and have a long tradition, from the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, naturally in organic quality.

Botanically speaking, the cucumber is a fruit ("armored berry"), but in terms of flavor it is treated like a vegetable, as it is not served as a dessert but as a hearty main course, e.g. as a salad. For this reason, it is also classified as a fruit vegetable.

The aldehydes (E,Z)-2,6-nonadienal and (E)-2-nonenal are responsible for the typical cucumber aroma. They provide the basis for this truly refreshing spirit, which lets you smell the summer freshness at any time of year and can be enjoyed pure or used for cooking or mixing. Incidentally, the bitter substances sometimes found in cucumbers are mainly triterpene glycosides, known as cucurbitacins. But don't worry: as these bitter substances are not volatile, they cannot be present in our spirit.