Hot Wine Punch

[MoonCat]

Half a bottle of sweet white wine
Half a bottle of sweet red wine
2 tbsp brown sugar
A few slices of fresh apple
2 cinnamon sticks

Simmer for 30 minutes.

Drink!

[purple]

Ooo sounds gooood.

[AccountingDrone]

Back when we lived in Virginia Beach, down near one of the malls was a hot tub spa, renting a tub for an hour was something like $20 or thereabouts, and you could rent in multiples.

We used to make glogg and bring it in in recycled 3 liter soda bottles. They didn't care, as long as it wasn't a glass container. So 4 or 5 of us would split the fees on a tub room, head in with a nice fresh warm batch of glogg and hang out for a few hours, drinking and chatting with the shared bottle of glogg staying warm by being floated around in the tub =)


Ingredients

1 bottle of red wine
0.5 Liter inexpensive brandy or vodka
10 cardamom pods
1 cinnamon stick (broken down)
1/2 orange peel (dried or fresh)
1/2 lbs sugar (regular or lumps)
Optional additions: 5 cloves, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/2 cup almonds, 5 dried figs

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Preparation
Heat the wine and brandy spices, fruit, and nuts in a pot (and any optional additions you might like.)

Be careful not to boil the mixture; just let it simmer for about 45 minutes.

Then, strain through a cloth to remove all additions.

Serve your Glogg hot over lumped sugar (or with regular granulated sugar).

Optional: You can also serve the Glogg with raisons or almonds. If you'd like the drink to be stronger, use more brandy.

This Glogg recipe makes approx 1.5 Liter (close to 1/2 gallon).

[Ironclad Alibi]

Keep in mind that this hot concoction gets into your bloodstream a lot faster than cold drinks. (Or so it seems.)