Holiday Wassail Kits: Cider and Wine Wassail Spice Blends

Toast and taste the holidays with a warm, spicy wassail made with our Old English recipe. Our Holiday Wassail Kits include two kits to brew 3 gallons each, both complete with spice bags for brewing. Simply fill a pot with fresh apple cider, ale, mead, or red wine, add the spices and sugar, and simmer for 1-2 hours. Serve hot or chilled, and enjoy!  

Features:

• Two kits to brew 3 gallons each
• Hand-blended and packaged in Charleston, South Carolina
• Old English recipe
• Includes spice bags for easy brewing

Benefits:

• Warm and inviting flavor
• Perfect for holiday gatherings
• Easy to make
• Makes a great gift

Ingredients:

• Cider wassail kit: cinnamon sticks, cut ginger, ground nutmeg
• Wine wassail kit: orange peel, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, cloves

Order your Holiday Wassail Kits today and celebrate the season with a warm, spiced wassail!

 Shelf Life: 3 Years

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 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.  A group then sings: “Old Apple tree, old apple tree, we've come to wassail thee, To bear and to bow apples enow, Hats full, caps full, three bushel bags full, Barn floors full and a little heap under the stairs.”

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Wine Spices Wassail Kit - Old English Recipe with Spice Bags

Size/Type: 3oz Spices - Brews 3 Gallons

Ingredients: 3 Muslin Spice Bags with Drawstrings, Orange Peel, Ginger, Cinnamon Sticks, Allspice, Cloves

For a Gallon Brew: Fill a pot with 1 gallon of red wine or port.  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 wine, or as mulled cider drunk as part of wassailing, an English ritual intended to ensure a good apple harvest the following year. Wassail began as a spiced wine that resembled Roman recipes that survived the Middle Ages.  Recipes began to vary with English production of ale, mead, and cider.