Wassail Gift Set

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 Contents:   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 harves