Kleiner Klopfer
The box full of little bottles that you tap on the table before drinking. Everything about the flavors, alcohol percentage, mixes, and how to serve Kleiner Klopfer.
Tap, twist, drink
Kleiner Klopfer is a German brand of mini liqueurs in 2 cl bottles, sold in packs of 25 with different flavors mixed together. The brand has existed since 1997, comes from Marussia Beverages Germany, and now has 27 flavors. The name (“little knocker”) refers to the ritual: you first tap the bottle on the table or bar, twist off the cap, and drink it in one go.
With 15 to 17% alcohol, the shots are mild and sweet, just right for sharing at a party. Each box is a mix of five flavors, from strawberry and cherry to sour apple and energy. In the Netherlands, the Fun Mix and Crazy Mix are the best known; the Sour Mix and Top Speed are for those who prefer it sour or with an energy flavor.
In brief
What Kleiner Klopfer mixes are available?
Each box contains 25 bottles in five flavors. Choose based on sweet, sour, or energy.
Fun Mix
The sweet classic: strawberry, cherry, cream, fig, and plum. The best-known box in the Netherlands.
Crazy Mix
Sweet and sharp: green apple, blueberry, Top Speed (energy), orange, and jostaberry.
Sour Mix
Sweet-and-sour shots in Tropical Blue, mango, blackcurrant, apple, and cherry. For those who like Sourz.
Top Speed
A whole box of energy flavor: sweet, strong, and just like your favorite energy drink. Germany's answer to Flügel.
Party Bucket
Eighteen unbreakable PET bottles in a bucket of ice. For the pool, the beach or the campsite.
Sweet? Fun Mix. A bit of everything? Crazy Mix. Sour? Sour Mix.
Sweet, fruity and different in each bottle
Candy & fruit
Each bottle smells like its flavor: strawberry candy, cherry, fig or energy drink. Always sweet and inviting.
Sweet and smooth
Thin, sweet and slightly syrupy when ice-cold. You can barely taste the alcohol; the Sour Mix has a sour bite.
Short and fresh
A short, sweet finish. Top Speed and Crazy Mix have a light energy kick.
Average flavor profile of the Fun Mix. The Sour Mix scores 4/5 for sourness; Top Speed is sweeter and has a stronger flavor.
Three ways to drink Kleiner Klopfer
Drink Kleiner Klopfer ice-cold and in one go. Put the box in the fridge for a few hours or the bottles in a bucket of ice.
Tap and drink
Tap the bottle on the bar or table, twist off the cap and drink it all in one go. The tapping is the tradition; it is what the brand gets its name from.
Glass: shot glass →In a shot glass on a tray
Pour the bottles into chilled 2 to 4 cl shot glasses and place them on a tray. Everyone chooses their flavor; neater and easier for toasting together.
Glass: shot glass →In a highball glass
Two bottles of the same flavor in a highball glass with ice and 7-Up or soda. A simple, light mix for those who don't like shots.
Glass: highball glass →Shots that go well with Kleiner Klopfer
Kleiner Klopfer is already a ready-to-drink shot. These shots and recipes belong at the same party.
All shots
From Kleiner Klopfer to B52 and Kamikaze: all shot recipes with the right glass to go with them.
Apple pie shot
Apple juice, cinnamon and Licor 43 or vanilla vodka. Just as sweet as a Klopfer, but homemade.
Kamikaze shot
Vodka, triple sec and lime. The sour, strong counterpart to a sweet Klopfer.
Jägerbomb
A shot of Jägermeister in a glass of energy drink. Also works with a Top Speed bottle.The right glass for Kleiner Klopfer
Small shot glasses from 2 to 4 cl that can withstand knocks, plus a long drink glass for mixing. These are the glasses we personally recommend for a party.
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