It is definitely a drink - a herby alcoholic one. There are a number of this sort of drink on the Continent, Jaegermeister probably being the most widely available. Another one is called Gammel Dansk (from Denmark, surprise !) and I was once given a small bottle of it. My wife found it absolutely vile, and I was not greatly enamoured either. However, I had a very small glass of it when I had a bad cold/flu and was absolutely fabulously improved the next day, to the point of being more or less over it. Some time later (months at least) I had a cold/flu coming on again and had a little Gammel Dansk: fit as anything the next day. In fact, I haven't had flu or cold for years now - could it be ? Naaaa, but it seemed to work.