Jägermeister (German pronunciation: [ˈjɛːɡɐˌmaɪstɐ]; English: /ˈjeɪɡərmaɪstər/ YAY-gər-mye-stər) is a German 70-proof digestif made with herbs and spices. It is the flagship product of Mast-Jägermeister AG, headquartered in Wolfenbüttel, south of Braunschweig, Germany.

History
The term Jägermeister was introduced in Germany in 1934 in the new Reichsjagdgesetz (Reich hunting law). The term was applied to senior foresters and gamekeepers in the German civil service. Thus, when the liquor was introduced in 1935, the name was already familiar to Germans. Curt Mast, the inventor of Jägermeister, was an enthusiastic hunter.
Translated literally, Jägermeister means "hunt-master", combining Jäger (hunter) and Meister (master, in the sense of an accomplished professional). A free translation would be gamekeeper or forest supervisor.
In Germany, it is often humorously called Leberkleister (“liver glue”). The humor plays upon the fact that Leberkleister is an exact rhyme with Jägermeister. A satirical advertisement which mocks Jägermeister as Leberkleister appeared on the back cover of issue number 70 of the German edition of Mad magazine in February, 1975, under the rubric “Advertisements we’d like to see.”
The Jägermeister logo, which shows the head of a stag with a glowing cross between its antlers, is a reference to the stories of Saint Hubertus and Saint Eustace, patron saints of hunters.
Composition
Jägermeister is a type of liqueur called Kräuterlikör (herbal liqueur).
Jägermeister’s ingredients include 56 herbs, fruits, roots, and spices including citrus peel, liquorice, anise, poppy seeds, saffron, ginger, juniper berries and ginseng. These ingredients are ground, then steeped in water and alcohol for 2–3 days. Afterwards, this mixture is filtered and stored in oak barrels for about a year. When a year has passed, the liqueur is filtered again, then mixed with sugar, caramel, alcohol, and water. It is filtered one last time and then bottled. It is a digestif spirit similar to other central European stomach bitters, such as Gammel Dansk from Denmark, Unicum from Hungary, and Becherovka from the Czech Republic. In contrast to those beverages, Jägermeister has a sweeter taste.
On its website and on the back of the bottle, the producer recommends that Jägermeister be consumed cold and suggests that it be kept in a freezer at −18°C (0°F) or on tap between −15° and −11°C (5° to 12°F). Contrary to an urban legend, Jägermeister does not contain elk blood.

Cocktails
A shot glass of Jägermeister dropped into a glass of Red Bull energy drink makes a cocktail called a Jägerbomb.
A Silver Bullet is 2 oz. gin, 1 oz. Jägermeister, and 1/2 oz. lemon juice, served in a cocktail glass.
A Jägermonster is made using Jägermeister mixed with grenadine and orange juice.
A Golden Elk (aka a “Starry Night”) is made using Jägermeister mixed with Goldschläger.
A Surfer on Acid is made using equal parts of Jägermeister, Malibu Rum and pineapple juice.
A Liquid Cocaine is a shooter of Jägermeister mixed with Goldschläger and Bacardi 151 rum.
Poem
On the edge of the label on a Jägermeister bottle, there appears the following uncredited verse from the poem Weidmannsheil by the forester, hunter, and ornithologist Oskar von Riesenthal (1830–1898)
Das ist des Jägers Ehrenschild,
daß er beschützt und hegt sein Wild,
weidmännisch jagt, wie sich’s gehört,
den Schöpfer im Geschöpfe ehrt.
A loose translation which preserves the rhyme and meter is:
This is the hunter’s badge of glory,
That he protect and tend his quarry,
Hunt with honour, as is due,
And through the beast to God is true.
According to Mast-Jägermeister AG, the translation is:
It is the hunter’s honour that he
Protects and preserves his game,
Hunts sportsmanlike, honours the
Creator in His creatures.