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    Mulled wine is amazing!

    Any other hot alcoholic drinks we should know about? My wife brought back tales of "German fire punch" from a weekend away, which also sounds exciting.
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      #3
      I gave the missus her third hot toddy of the winter just now


      2 shots of whisky
      1 teaspoon brown sugar
      large dollop of honey
      2 slice lemon
      top up tumbler with boiling water



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        #4
        Ah! Thank's for this thread. It's something I keep meaning to ask but I forget.

        I've noticed that there are loads of places that are selling 'Mulled Cider' this year. Never noticed it before; is it wide spread? I take it that I'm being fick and it was around last year too.

        A bit of googling tells me that it is the original 'Wassail' as in the drinking toast.

        I might try it sometime, but something makes me think that it going to be too much for me.
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          #5
          i had this in a bar somewhere icy cold in eastern europe one new year.
          Kept my cockles warm on more than one occasion.

          1 or 2 shots dark rum,
          brown sugar to taste,
          1 cinnamon stick,
          2-3 whole cloves,
          top up with hot water

          serve in glass mug

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            #6
            Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
            I gave the missus her third hot toddy of the winter just now


            2 shots of whisky
            1 teaspoon brown sugar
            large dollop of honey
            2 slice lemon
            top up tumbler with boiling water




            Mmm must go and make a hot whisky

            I prefer mine withou the honey and I stud the sliced lemon with cloves.
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              #7
              Why would anyone want to mess up decent booze by putting spices and sugar and other sh1te in it and then heating it so all the alchohol evaporates?
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                #8
                Originally posted by Alf W View Post
                Why would anyone want to mess up decent booze by putting spices and sugar and other tulipe in it and then heating it so all the alchohol evaporates?
                You want to try a Rumtopf then, all that is done and more. One of the most potent creations known to man (I've seen the fumes from one eat through silver foil.)
                Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                  Any other hot alcoholic drinks we should know about? My wife brought back tales of "German fire punch" from a weekend away, which also sounds exciting.
                  Glühwein, disgusting stuff IMHO. Everyhere in Germany sells it at the moment. I prefer the little stand in the Weihnachtsmarkt that does all these weird and wonderful variations on a hot Schnapps, some are pretty lethal.
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Alf W View Post

                    Why would anyone want to mess up decent booze by putting spices and sugar and other tulipe in it and then heating it so all the alchohol evaporates?
                    WHS - Like spicing meat, the only reason they used to mull wine in the middle ages was because it tasted so vile on it own.

                    Even King John couldn't get hold of decent wine, and he complained about the bits floating in it and the reak of tar from the barrels, so much so that he could only drink it while holding his breath.
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