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Spending time in the Swiss Alps is all about style: the palatial hotel you’re staying in, the head-turning car you’re driving, the debonair clothes you’re wearing—and yes, the list should include what you’re drinking, too.

Gstaad is no place to indulge your penchant for Pabst. What you’ll find instead is a collection of schnapps. “In the U.S., there’s the affiliation with the sugary peach and peppermint schnapps, which are very different to the European style,” explains Silvan Kraemer, coowner of Stable, Washington, D.C.’s first Swiss-American restaurant.

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