2022 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 21 – Mulled Wine and Cider. This is an easy-drinking, low-ABV mulled wine recipe that combines apple cider and fresh citrus juices with baking spices and red wine. Like hot chocolate, eggnog, and a punch/pitcher cocktail – I ensure there is always some version of mulled…
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Glühwein
2021 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 17 – Glühwein. Roughly translated as “smouldering wine” or “glow wine” based on the temperature this mulled wine is heated to and the effect it has on imbibers, Glühwein is a traditional German mulled wine often served as an après-ski warmer. Syrah is well-suited to mulled…
Gløgg
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 5 – Gløgg. This is a traditional Nordic spiced mulled wine consumed throughout the winter months in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Iceland. Today’s post is sponsored by Chef’s Paradise who are giving me the privilege of hosting a GIVEAWAY for a $500 gift card to…
Mulled Wine
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 18 – Mulled Wine. This post is called is it Christmas yet? I’m just a bit fatigued. I have been oversubscribed socially, it’s been a surprisingly busy couple of weeks at work, especially because I thought everyone would be winding down leading into the holidays, but it’s…
Mulled Port
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar continues with another hot tipple to keep your hands and your liver warm this holiday season. Day 6 brings us this delicious and deceptively boozy Mulled Port. Mulled wine was one of the glaring omissions from the 2018 iteration of this cocktail advent calendar. The nearest I got to…
