(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)
Ingredients:
1 gallon apple brandy, or whiskey
1-1/2 gallons hot water, well-sweetened
1 dozen large apples, well roasted
2 grated nutmegs
1 gill allspice
1 gill cloves
1 pinch mace
1/2 pint good rum
Instructions:
One gallon of apple brandy or whiskey, and one and a half gallon of hot water, well-sweetened, one dozen large apples, well roasted, two grated nutmegs, one gill of allspice, one gill of cloves, a pinch of mace. Season with half pint of good rum. Let it stand three or four days before using. - Col. S.
This was a potent drink.