anyone had it?

spiced wine

omg it is so gooooood

I'm trying to find out what type of wine was used to make it

a friend made some with a mix of two wines and then added the spices

it was fabulous

good thing I had somewhere to be on Thanksgiving or I'd have been one wasted chic who never drinks lol

Had to look up what Hippocras was...

So in answer to your question, kind of sort of, but not exactly.

I’ve had glogg and gluhwein before, wich are basically the same thing except that glogg is made with akvavit plus rasins while gluhwein has no rasins and uses red wine. From the description of typical hippocras ingredients, it sounds like it too is pretty much the same thing as glogg and gluhwein (except that hippocras can be made with either white or red wine it seems).

Damn, now I want to out and get a bottle of akvavit...

Ingredients

3 to 4 quills cinnamon

1 level tablespoon ground ginger

1 level tablespoon finely chopped galangal

1 level teaspoon freshly and roughly ground cardamom

1 level teaspoon grated mace

1 level teaspoon grated nutmeg

1 sprig rosemary

6 ounces sugar

3 bottles plain red wine

2 wine glasses brandy

Directions

Allow the spices and sugar to infuse in the wine and brandy for 24 hours. Strain through a coffee filter and serve. The traditional Tudor accompaniment to hypocras were wafers.

Next Recipe

thanks guys

Jade- I will try to get my friend to take the time to write down the recipe

it was heavenly

he did say there are many variations

this is great for the holidays:)

Such is typical of these kind of European recipes. Between variations by geographic region due to ingredient availability and by smaller sub-region local taste preferences, there are probably hundreds, if not more, variations.

I'm looking forward to trying jade's recipe too

Are there any Trader Joe's markets where you live?

I don't know if they still carry it or not, but they used to sell a premixed glogg spices & sweeteners concentrate that you could just buy, heat up and add your own akvavit (or brandy or wine if you prefer) and raisins too.

I never tried it so I can't really comment on how good it is or not, but before you cringe at the though, apparently it's not an uncommon practice in the Nordic countries to simply buy the mix and add booze. Or to buy the mulling spices pre-mixed and add your own sugar, booze and fruit.

not for the hipocras but for the grogg gloggg whatever stuff

yes, we have a Trader Joe's

I'll give it try

TG- have you ever tasted Benjamen's Tawny Port of Australia? dang, that stuff was good too

I need to stop tasting my friend's drinks when we herf lol

(Or should it be wild galangal?)

ScottHar

wtf is galangal?

okay

geez

now I Google

Scott- stop ogling the galangal!!!

They sold it last year and for many years prior in NorCal. The name of the product was, I believe "glogg". Had an artists rendition of a mostly dark wood (Nordic) living room with a roaring fire and snow comming down in the windows on the package.

If not TJ's, BevMo might have something (are there BevMo's in AZ?)

If nothing else, booze prices at TJ's are usually very reasonable.

thank you...now to hound my friend for the recipe again lol