Learn how to make wassail cocktails with real apple cider, ginger, lemon, spices and, of course, bourbon. Wassails are perfect for warming up on cold days! Recipe yields 4 to 6 cocktails, depending on how much of the warm cider mixture you use per drink.

Homemade Wassail

apple cider (or unfiltered apple juice, doctored up with warm spices

lemons, sliced

cinnamon

star anise (optional, but they’re pretty!)

vanilla

Bourbon (plan on

In a medium saucepan, combine all of the nonalcoholic ingredients and simmer for at least thirty minutes, preferably over an hour.

Use a jigger or shot glass to measure bourbon into mugs. Pour in your hot spiced cider. Ideas for garnishing: cinnamon sticks, star anise, lemon slices and/or thinly sliced red apple (highly recommended).

Thanks for the recipe! Cold weather drinks are my absolute favorite. I just love a good cup of tea or coffee especially with a little added spike to make it extra delicious. But my fav has to be iCherry Blossom tea with warm milk and vanilla powder. Happy Holidays! Love the blog!

I absolutely love you blog and I'm definitely going to try your Wassail drink this Christmas. My all time favorite Holiday Cocktail is Hot Mulled wine. It's easy to make and the result is delicious.

My fav cold weather drink at the moment is Mighty Leaf Chamomile Citrus Tea with lots of honey and some lemon. If I need an extra kick I'll add some Whisky for a bit of a hot toddy affect. Great blog, found through Pintrest and now a fan on FB! Yay

A cup of hot glühwein, German mulled wine, or some glögg with spice rum &lt;3

We hunted and tested recipes for wassail and yours won - Last week we served up gallons of your recipe at our wassailing party and it was a huge hit!  We have posters to commemorate it and I'd love to send you a set if you email back with your snail mail. 

Cheers!

This Wassail looks delicious! Perfect for snuggle up with on a cold winter evening. My favorite hot drink will probably be tea Latte as I am enjoying one right now too!

I would love to get recipes on Walsall I love Walsall.

It is worth mentioning that in England, Cider is *always* alcoholic, sometimes strongly so (6% to 12% abv is perfectly possible) so we would not usually spike it another spirit. Since some dry cider is also often *very* dry (the sugars are lost when it ferments), adding sugar or honey is not uncommon.

homemade wassail

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Cookie and Kate

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