Cocktails/Brews To mull Wine

to mull wine
(from The Practical Housekeeper: A Cyclopaedia of Domestic Economy, edited by Elizabeth Fries Ellet, 1857)

Ingredients:

cinnamon​

nutmeg​

cloves​

mace​

1/2 gill of water​

1 pint port wine​

sugar​

​

serve with thin slips of toast or rusks​

Instructions:

Boil the spices (cinnamon, nutmeg grated, cloves, and mace) in any quantity approved, in half a gill of water; put to this a full pint of port, with sugar to taste. Mix it well, and serve hot with thin slips of toast or rusks. Lemon or orange juice may be added, and the water may be strained off from the spices. Ale or Porter may be mulled as above, and have toast or biscuits put to them. Formerly the yolks of eggs were mixed with mulled wine, as in making custard or egg-caudle, and many flavoring ingredients were employed which are now disused.​

 

[donna]

A wonderful beverage for cold weather. Thanks for adding.

 

[mofederal]

Not a wine drinker, but I have always wondered about mulled wine. Thanks for clearing that up. you read about it in books, but I have never heard of anyone making it. Thank you @Albert Sailhorst for the interesting information. You did answer my questions that I had about mulled wine.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Not a wine drinker, but I have always wondered about mulled wine. Thanks for clearing that up. you read about it in books, but I have never heard of anyone making it. Thank you @Albert Sailhorst for the interesting information. You did answer my questions that I had about mulled wine.

Glad I could help! Cheers and Merry Christmas!

 

[Deleted User CS]

Albert. An interesting recipe. Question: Is this drink similar to a Hot Toddy? Thanks for sharing. David.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Albert. An interesting recipe. Question: Is this drink similar to a Hot Toddy? Thanks for sharing. David.

From Wikipedia: "A hot toddy, also known as hot whisky in Scotland, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey (or, in some recipes, sugar), herbs (such as tea) and spices, and served hot. Hot toddy recipes vary and are traditionally drunk before retiring for the night, or in wet or cold weather. Some believe the drink relieves the symptoms of the cold and flu—in How to Drink, Victoria Moore describes the drink as "the vitamin C for health, the honey to soothe, the alcohol to numb".

Here's a recipe for Hot Toddy (found on the internet, not "Period Correct" to my knowledge):

1 teaspoon Honey

2 ounces boiling water

1 ½ ounces whiskey

3 whole cloves

1 cinnamon stick

1 slice of lemon

1 pinch of ground nutmeg



Pour the honey, boiling water, and whiskey into a mug. Spice it with the cloves and cinnamon, and put in the slice of lemon. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes so the flavors can mingle, then sprinkle with a pinch of nutmeg before serving.

 

[Deleted User CS]

From Wikipedia: "A hot toddy, also known as hot whisky in Scotland, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey (or, in some recipes, sugar), herbs (such as tea) and spices, and served hot. Hot toddy recipes vary and are traditionally drunk before retiring for the night, or in wet or cold weather. Some believe the drink relieves the symptoms of the cold and flu—in How to Drink, Victoria Moore describes the drink as "the vitamin C for health, the honey to soothe, the alcohol to numb".

Here's a recipe for Hot Toddy (found on the internet, not "Period Correct" to my knowledge):

1 teaspoon Honey

2 ounces boiling water

1 ½ ounces whiskey

3 whole cloves

1 cinnamon stick

1 slice of lemon

1 pinch of ground nutmeg



Pour the honey, boiling water, and whiskey into a mug. Spice it with the cloves and cinnamon, and put in the slice of lemon. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes so the flavors can mingle, then sprinkle with a pinch of nutmeg before serving.

Albert. Thanks for the interesting information. I will have to try one of these drinks. David.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Albert. An interesting recipe. Question: Is this drink similar to a Hot Toddy? Thanks for sharing. David.

Another Hot Toddy recipe (because the previous recipe call for only 2 ounces of boiling water, which I do not think is enough!):

Boiling water, to fill a mug
4 Cloves

1 Lemon twist

2 tsp Demerara sugar or brown sugar
1⁄4 oz Fresh lemon juice
2 ounces Bourbon, or whiskey or Scotch


Fill a mug with boiling water and let stand for a minute or two to warm.

Meanwhile, stick the cloves into the lemon twist and set aside.

Empty the mug and fill about halfway with fresh boiling water.

Add the sugar and stir to dissolve.

Add the prepared lemon twist and stir.

Add the lemon juice and whiskey, and stir again.

 

[LoriAnn]

I have read many references to mulled wine and have always wondered about it. I like all the spices used. I'm just not a wine person. I'll have to mess with some Mulled Apple Cider recipes.

 

[donna]

Another excellent thread on Mulled Wine. This one from our great chef, Albert Sailhorst.

 

[Larryh86GT]

Mulled wine is quite good. Especially around Christmas.

 

[donna]

Another one to bump. This one on Mulled Wine.