How popular is Apfelschorle in the US?
In Germany is it very popular, myself sometimes drinking after Sport (for example Football, Hiking, Basketball etc.) besides Water obviously.
That’s Apfelschorle;
“It consists of carbonated mineral water and apple juice.[2] The broader category Fruchtschorle consists of any fruit juice mixed with carbonated water, but Apfelschorle is by far the most common. Spritzer (that is, wine mixed with carbonated water) is called Weinschorle.
A glass of Apfelschorle.”
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Never had and never heard of it
I have never heard of this.
I have literally never heard of it, but last night I had a lemonade + Sprite mixture, which I suppose is a similar idea
People here drink Gatorade or other “sports drinks” after sport.
Loved it in Germany. Have never seen it here.
I’ve never heard of it.
You never see it here. Schade.
I always order it at a German restaurant I love. We have sparkling cider here that is similar (or maybe the same). We buy that regularly.
This is the first I’ve heard of it. And it sounds pretty unappealing, actually.
Americans don’t consume remotely as much carbonated water as Germans do.
It’s certainly never called that here. Juice and sparkling water isn’t particularly common, but it’s easy to make a version of it. My dad loves carbonating juices with his sodastream.
Normally though you’d have water or some kind of sports drink (ie gatorade) after sport.
If it’s like the Apple soda in Mexico, not popular. But there are a ton of brands in Mexico and I LOVE IT.
I have only ever had it when I visited Germany and thought ‘huh apple juice soda. Not a fan’.
I think the most comparable thing over here is Sparkling (insert fruit here) Juice. I don’t have it often, it’s mostly used at special events when alcohol isn’t desired.
I’ve never heard of it, but I would try it.
In some of the U.S. it’s called a spritzer and it can be any flavor of juice with sparkling water (which I know is also true in Germany, despite Apfelschorle being the most common).
You would have to go out of your way to find it I am afraid. I bought some at the tiny German grocery store.
Sparkling apple cider, which isn’t apple cider mixed with mineral water but rather carbonated apple juice, is a common child-friendly alternative to alcoholic apple cider and wine for special occasions.
Mineral water isn’t popular here. Anything based on mineral water would be a strong “no” from us.
My family gives something similar to the kids at the big holidays. They think it’s super fancy.
I’ve never heard of it but it sounds good
Never heard of it
The only people I know who are familiar with it are people who have lived or traveled extensively in Germany. Most are military or the children of military members. When I’ve described it to people who aren’t familiar with it, the main reaction is mild bafflement that someone would go out of their way to make that, let alone that there’s a word/name for it
There was a period for about a year where a grocery store near me had the gerolsteiner premixed apfelschorle, but I’m reasonably convinced I’m the only person who ever purchased it. It’s section on the shelf never seemed to get restocked, and after I took the last bottle one day it never reappeared.
I think it’s also worth pointing out that most Americans aren’t big fans of (unflavored) sparkling mineral water. There are enough of us who DO like it that it’s easy enough to find, but it’s not ubiquitous like it is in most of Europe. So people don’t just happen to have it on hand to make schorle.
Zero popularity. Never even heard of it.
Flavored seltzer water like La Croix (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Croix_Sparkling_Water) is the most similar thing here in the US and quite popular. Also comes in alcoholic versions, usually ~5% ABV.
First I have heard of this
I have never heard of this, but I would definitely try it.
Never heard of this term but my family does drink a lot of flavored seltzer waters. Most of them just have artificial flavors (brands like Polar, LaCroix, Buble). Some have a small amount of juice, like Spindrift. Seltzer in general has really picked up in popularity in the last 10-15 years; growing up, I never saw anybody drinking carbonated water. Only at very fancy restaurants will they ask if you want still or sparkling water, though most places will have some available if you ask.
Tangentially, hard seltzer with fruit juice has really blown up the last couple years, especially the brand High Noon, which is vodka, seltzer water, and juice.
Never heard of it. The closest thing to it I’ve had is pomegranate juice with ginger ale (and vodka or rum).
It sounds great but the name is completely unfamiliar. I had to look this up but I found out that fruit juice flavored sparkling water outsells unflavored sparkling water in both the US and Canada. For example Le Croix uses all natural fruit flavors in it’s water, San Pellegrino makes flavored sparkling water, etc.
Never heard of it. Sounds good
We don’t have it here
We have apple sodas and fizzy non alcoholic cider if you’re interested though
Never heard of it. Which is weird, because I started making it for myself regularly like ten years ago. I honestly thought I kinda made it up. I swear as I get older it gets clearer that I was a very European dude in a previous life.
I just heard about this on a YouTube video. It sounds nice.
I’m going to go with not. I’ve never heard of it
I like it, but my family was stationed in Germany for 5 years when my dad was in the Army. I doubt most Americans even know it exists.
Where could we get this. I’m a 62 yo American and I’ve never heard of this.
only reason I know what this is because I took German in HS. I chose to bring this drink in for my culture day lol.
Sparkling Apple Cider is fairly popular, especially around the holidays as a nonalcoholic beverage
Why would you want to water down apple juice?
Never heard of it in my 43 years but it sounds like a drink I’d enjoy.
It’s sparkling apple juice.
I’ve only heard of it because of Youtube creators i follow.
Its not a thing here
Never had it and never heard of it. Had to look it up. Doesn’t sound all that yummy.
Never heard of it but we frequently mix water with juice in our house for our kids because we don’t want to give them all that sugar. My wife started doing it with carbonated water and calls it her “mom-mosa”. She’s pregnant and can’t drink alcohol. So that’s her replacement. Now I’m doing it occasionally too!
Apfelschorle does not exist in the US.
I’ve never heard of that in my life, but I think the most similar thing we might have normally would be sparkling apple cider? It’s not alcoholic, it’s really more like carbonated apple juice.
Nobody drinks it. My family is German and nobody drinks it.
I do this personally, with various fruit juices. I don’t think it’s a super common thing, nor can you like, get it at the store or restaurant.
Flavored sparkling water became popular over here recently. Spindrift is a brand that is natural fruit juices/flavors in the sparkling water, those types of drinks are probably the closest one would get.
I understand the thing you are describing, but I’ve actually never once seen it in the US. That said, since we have so many communities influenced by various immigrant populations I’m sure there are places where it is common. Just nowhere I’ve lived.
Never. But Americans love sparkling flavored water, especially the womenfolk
I’m guessing it’s like a wine cooler (do they even make that anymore?) or wine spritzer…they have been popular in my circles over most of my life (GenX). I no longer drink alcohol but I do drink flavored sparkling water or make my own by mixing a splash of juice or a mixer with sparkling water.
Never heard of this but have invented it on my own
If it’s anything like Manzanita Sol (an apple soda that my colleague from Mexico drank almost daily), I tried it once, but I didn’t like it.
I’ve never heard of the German word, though.
We have Martinelli’s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinelli%27s
I’ve only heard of it because of doing German Duolingo. 😄 But as others have said “sparkling apple juice” (name brand: Martinelli’s) is very popular here for kids and also adults who want something nonalcoholic and festive on holidays.
I’ve never heard of it. But I have had it. Growing up, my mom would often add a little bit of Sprite or 7-Up to my juice in the morning to make a breakfast mocktail (usually it was cranberry, orange, and 7-Up). I do this for my son now. Takes 10 seconds and it’s like having a fancy drink for breakfast before school.
You can get carbonated apple juice during the holiday season. That’s pretty common around where I’m from in the Midwest. Not sure if it’s related to this, but the Midwest does have a very large German diaspora.
Basically non-existent (but I do fucking love it). Closest thing we have widely available is probably Martinelli’s sparkling apple cider (non-alcoholic)
Never heard of it. But it looks/sounds delicious.
Never heard of it but now I want to try it. Hello from California 👋
Sparkling apple juice is used as a wine/champagne replacement for events and holidays.
Izzy’s are sparkling fruit juices. I see them here and there. Not as popular as sports drinks or other sodas.
Carbonated Water isn’t very common in the USA like it is in Europe. Even in mixed drinks it isn’t used as much.
That being said “Sparkling Water” can be found at most grocery stores. It is carbonated water with “fruit flavoring” and a sweetener. It is often seen as a “health drink” (compared to soda pop), so it typically has alternative sweenteners instead of sugar.
It sort of seems like it is disappearing. There used to be 5ft of space dedicated to it, but the stores near me only have a few shelves no days. I’m not sure if it is just my area, but it seems to be lossing popularity.
“Spritzer” do exist here, but aren’t very common. They contain Carbonated water and wine. Sometimes the wine will be swapped out with a fruit flavoring to make non-alcoholic drinks.
Americans drink apple Martinelli’s if they need a non-alcoholic alternative to champagne for a toast or something. It’s not an everyday drink and is pretty sweet, but comes in a champagne-like bottle.
Not at all, never heard of it nor have seen it here.
We have sparkling juices that are bottled like champagne as a fancy alternative to alcohol for special events for non-alcohol drinkers – that’s about it.
I’ve never heard of it but it sounds delicious!
Never heard of it.
gesundheit
I love it and I make it sometimes during the summer. . But the only reason I know about Apfelschorle because I lived in Germany for several years. I found it the most refreshing drink after a long hike in the Alps. The first time I ever had it was at a restaurant by the Eibsee gondola station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Otherwise, its a drink almost unknown in the US.
I have heard of it and I’ve mixed my own apple juice with my soda stream water. It’s ok, my favorite is grapefruit juice with sparkling/sodastream water.
Never heard or recall seeing the word until just now. Sorry! Looks interesting.
I occasionally make myself a night time mocktail to help me unwind with cherry juice and sparkling water. Which is similar, sorta
I’ve never heard of it.
I only know about it after visiting Germany. I love it and luckily I have a little German deli/market that’s attached to a German restaurant and they keep a well stocked supply. I buy it monthly.
It’s not popular at all with the general US population however.
99% of people don’t know what that is probably
I got a bunch of free LaCroix and don’t want to drink it
Apfelschorle?
Geseundheit?
Not popular at all. Most people have never heard of it, that said, Giant Eagle (my local supermarket chain) did carry the Gerolsteiner brand for a while. I was probably one of the few who bought it regularly.
Martinelli’s sparkling apple cider is pretty easy to find (but different since it’s not watered down), and popular as a wine substitute for kids at New Year’s or wedding parties, though.
I get it when I’m in Germany but it’s definitely not a thing in the US. I’ve seen it at a couple of German import stores but it’s pricy.
Genuinely never heard of this before. So it’s just apple juice with sparkling water? Honestly i’d rather have some non-alcoholic Sparkling Cider instead
It is my favorite German non alcoholic drink! Never heard of it before my first visit and I’ve never seen it in the US.
In Germany only, as others have said. Although I do have a habit of mixing a can of plain seltzer and a bit of juice, particularly in summer – and I just realized I’m the only one in my house who does this. i’ve never seen my friends do it.
I bet Germany is where I picked it up, long ago.
They probably have ciders similar to this in Washington state, but this is not a known American drink
Closest thing we got is truly’s and or white claws.
Never even heard of it.
The what now
What?
It doesn’t exist here. Sounds kind of like something we call sparkling cider, which is like a non-alcoholic, kid-friendly treat some people have, mostly on New Year’s Eve
I’ve had it in Germany. Never in the US.
I had some Appletiser when I visited London and it was delicious, super refreshing. I wondered why it isn’t sold in the US. I don’t think I ever really see carbonated apple juice in the US. Except maybe a sparkling apple cider that some may have for New Years as an alternative to champagne.
No one makes it or knows what it is. I love it, but I lived in Germany 🙂
I’d never heard of or had it prior to visiting Germany, but God, I loved it so much that I bought soda stream so that I could make it here at home
I mixed some myself last week and thought I had made up a new drink.
I am wondering if this is more like sparking Apple juice or more like Spindrift?
Closest thing we have would be Martinelli’s sparkling cider, that the people who aren’t allowed to have alcohol drink during the thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, so they don’t feel left out. Served chilled, in champagne flutes.
I’ve never tried it…
…but I do have a seltzer maker. Hmmm.
I’ve never heard of it.
I had a hotel bartender make me a soda water and aromatic bitters to help me fight a hangover. That’s kinda similar.
Never heard of it.
I’ve had a spritzer, but never an apfelshorle, nor had I heard of it. I took 3 semester of German in college and never heard of it.
I have never heard of it. Sounds delicious.
I discovered this just last year. Love it and thought I had “discovered”something! I eventually looked it up and saw that it was popular in Germany. It is really refreshing. No one else in my family cares for it. So all for me!
Never heard of it but I’ve read some articles saying that low fat chocolate milk is about the perfect post-workout drink because of the calorie/fat/protein/carb/electrolyte rations.
Never knew it’s name, but I’ve been drinking seltzer with apple juice for decades.
Never heard of it
I’ve never seen it offered anywhere, and I definitely looked for it after living in Germany for four years.
Never heard of it before but now I want to try it. Sounds like a less sugary alternative to pop.
I get an Mexican branded apple soda a few times a month. It’s probably not the same things, but it’s the closest thing I can get. And it’s damn good!
I only know this from German Duolingo 🤣
I LOVE Apfelschorle but unfortunately I can’t find it anywhere in the US. I have found Mezzo Mix in one store but never Apfelschorle. I drink it all the time whenever I’m in Germany.
It sounds cool. Never heard of it though.
Never heard of it. So tell me… how popular is livermush in Germany?
I absolutely love if from my trips to Germany and I’ve tried on numerous occasions to recreate it by combining sparkling water and apple juice but it’s just not the same. We have nothing like it here that I’m aware of and I wouldn’t expect Americans who haven’t traveled to Germany to be familiar with it.
I didn’t know mixing fruit juice and carbonated water had a name. Those of us at my house love micing Topo Chico with lemonade, apple juice, grape juice, and sometimes orange juice. It just seemed like a good idea.
My aunt from germany drinks it every day. I thought she just made it up because she didn’t like straight up apple juice
I love Apfelschorle, but I lived in Germany for a while. They don’t have it here in America as far as I know.
The drink I really miss is Spezi.
I like to mix juice with plain seltzer rather than buy fancy seltzers or drink a ton of high calorie juice. But this definitely is a “me” thing and not anything that anyone else I know does. And get weird looks when I do it. And apple is one of the few juices that I would never do this with.
What?
It was normal in my family to make this instead of drinking sodas. But also, I’m of German descent so maybe my grandparents were remaking Apfelshorle and then just passed that down?
We would do grape juice and seltzer too, but usually apple juice and seltzer.
My wife had German exchange students and so we have it all the time in the summer. Our 2 year old called Apple Juice Apfelschorle and nothing we do can stop her from doing it.
I think I saw this at Aldi as a special during German food week and for a few weeks after since it didn’t seem to sell well.
I think it doesn’t sell well since apple juice is primarily consumed by children and the elderly in the US. Children don’t typically like fizzy things. Plus we have hundreds of other fizzy drink options.
Never heard of it but I would like one, please.
That sounds so good, but this is the first time I’ve heard of it
It’s not a thing here
When my daughter was little i used to mix ginger ale and orange juice for her, I called it a goldwater. Reused it in a Buffy fanfic, in 2026 Dawn is a doctor and is on the night shift so that’s her after dinner drink.
i read about this in a phantasy novel, the American protagonist is unfairly cursed and ahs to avoid alcohol, he’s drinking sparkling water and orange juice in an irish pub and dreaming of a stout
Never heard of it.
Never heard of it
Nobody in America (99.9% of us) has ever heard of this.
Who?
No one knows this word in the U.S. except people who have visited Germany. We have flavored sparkling water of all kinds but nobody calls it a Schorle.
Sadly, it’s unknown in the USA. Have to make your own out of apple juice & club soda.
Okay so! It was super unknown and likely still is, however! There was recently an American TikToker living in Germany, who talks a lot about her experiences as a black woman in Germany, and she has been raving about this drink, so I got to try it and it was really good and I think a fair amount of other Americans who watch her on TikTok are try it as well
That sounds delicious. I wish we had that here.
The answer is not popular at all and in fact largely unknown by probably anyone who was born and raised in the US. If it’s even available here at all.
Not. I drank it all the time when stationed in Germany though.
I would drink this every day.
What OP describes sounds very similar to Martinellis. Available in just about any grocery store. Granted, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen it in anyone’s home. But I’ve noticed it in just about every grocery store.
I only know of it because my mom is German. I don’t think the majority of Americans would know.
American here, I do a 50/50 dilution of apple juice and carbonated spring or mineral water a few times a week.
I had NO IDEA that it had a name and was in fact a popular beverage somewhere. It’s just something g I thought of one day years ago when I wanted something refreshing with flavor but drinking full on juice just seemed too sweet to me.
I also like to squeeze the juice of a lime into it.
If you ever think about it, try squeezing a lime into it the next time you have it. That citrus is delicious with the apple and bubbles.