Kuemmerling
Type of herb liquor
title: "Kuemmerling" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bitters", "german-liqueurs", "german-brands", "dr.-oetker"] description: "Type of herb liquor" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuemmerling" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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Kuemmerling is the brandname of a type of Kräuterlikör (herb liqueur) from Germany, belonging to the group of Halbbitter (semi bitters).
This 35% by volume alcohol is a type of bitters. It has been in production since 1963 in Bodenheim, near Mainz, using a recipe from 1938. About one million 20 ml bottles are filled every day at the production facility. Kuemmerling was Germany's fourth-largest spirits brand and the second-largest brand in the bitters category in 2000. The family-owned company sold nearly 680,000 cases per year in 2000 and was bought out by Allied Domecq PLC in 2001; the company was acquired by Fortune Brands in the Pernod Ricard - Fortune Brands joint acquisition of Allied Domecq in 2005. Fortune Brands, then sold it to the German company Henkell & Co. (daughter-company of Dr. Oetker) in 2010.
File:Kuemmerling Fahnen-On Pack.jpg Image:Kümmerlinghaupt.JPG|Former Kuemmerling offices in Bodenheim Image:Kümmerling.JPG|Kuemmerling production facilities in Bodenheim File:Kuemmerling flaeschen.jpg
References
References
- [https://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/Allied-Domecq-acquires-Kuemmerling Allied Domecq acquires Kümmerling]
- "Beam Sells Kuemmerling, Other Local Brands To Germany’s Henkell & Co.".
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