Oliver Pluff & Company
Cider Spices Wassail Kit
Wassail (Middle English meaning - ‘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.
Ingredients: Cinnamon sticks, cut & sifted ginger, ground nutmeg and 3 muslin spice bags with drawstrings for steeping.
3 ounces spices brews 3 gallons
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.
Shelf Life: 24-36 months
Hand Blended and Packaged in Charleston, South Carolina
Cider Spices Wassail Kit