Two Wassail Kits - Toasting and Tasting
Simmer down with a warm, spicy cider wassail, or enjoy a rich mulled wine wassail with spice blends from Middle English times.
Contains two kits to brew 3 gallons each, both complete with spice bags for brewing.
Hand Blended and Packaged by Oliver Pluff & Co. in Charleston, South Carolina
Cider Spices Wassail Kit - Old English Recipe with Spice Bags
Size/Type: 3oz Spices - Brews 3 Gallons
Ingredients: 3 Muslin Spice Bags with Drawstrings, Cinnamon Sticks, Cut Ginger, Ground Nutmeg
For a Gallon Brew: Fill a pot with 1 gallon of fresh apple cider, or ale, or mead. Fill spice bag with ⅓ cup of wassail spices. Add spices and ½ cup sugar, and simmer at low heat for 1-2 hours. Serve hot or chilled.
History: Wassail (Middle English 'wæs hæl' - ‘be you healthy’) refers both to the salute 'Waes Hail' and to the drink of wassail, a hot mulled cider drunk as part of wassailing, an English ritual intended to ensure a good apple harvest the following year. Historically, the drink is a mulled cider, mulled beer, or mead, made with sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg and topped with toast. A group then sings: “Old Apple tree, old apple tree, we've come to wassail thee, To bear and to bow apples enow, Hats full, caps full, three bushel bags full, Barn floors full and a little heap under the stairs.”
Wine Spices Wassail Kit - Old English Recipe with Spice Bags
Size/Type: 3oz Spices - Brews 3 Gallons
Ingredients: 3 Muslin Spice Bags with Drawstrings, Orange Peel, Ginger, Cinnamon Sticks, Allspice, Cloves
For a Gallon Brew: Fill a pot with 1 gallon of red wine or port. Fill spice bag with ⅓ cup of wassail spices. Add spices and ½ cup sugar, and simmer at low heat for 1-2 hours. Serve hot or chilled.
History: Wassail (Middle English 'wæs hæl' - 'be you healthy') refers both to the salute 'Waes Hail' and to the drink of wassail, a hot mulled wine, or as mulled cider drunk as part of wassailing, an English ritual intended to ensure a good apple harvest the following year. Wassail began as a spiced wine that resembled Roman recipes that survived the Middle Ages. Recipes began to vary with English production of ale, mead, and cider.
Shelf Life: 3 Years
