Mulled Wine, Flaming Spiced Wine and Punch

Glühwein 

... (roughly translated as "smouldering-wine", from the temperature the wine is heated to) is popular in German-speaking countries and in the region of Alsace in France. It is a traditional beverage offered during the Christmas holidays.

The oldest documented Glühwein tankard is attributed to Count John IV of Katzenelnbogen, a German nobleman [...]. This gold-plated lockable silver tankard is dated to c. 1420.

Glühwein is usually prepared from red wine, heated and spiced with cinnamon sticks, cloves, star aniseed, orange, sugar and at times vanilla pods. It is sometimes drunk mit Schuss (with a shot), which means that rum or some other liquor has been added. Fruit wines, such as blueberry wine and cherry wine, are occasionally used instead of grape wine in some parts of Germany. There is also a variation of Glühwein which is made with white wine. However, white Glühwein is less popular than its red counterpart.

For children, the non-alcoholic Kinderpunsch is offered on Christmas markets, which is a punch with similar spices.

Another popular variant of Glühwein in Germany is Feuerzangenbowle. It shares the same recipe, but for this drink a rum-soaked sugarloaf is set on fire and allowed to drip into the wine.

~Wikipedia

Delicious ready to drink Mulled Wine from Germany is available at the German Holiday Market page.

How to Make Glühwein at Home

 by My German Recipes

How to Make Kinderpunsch at Home

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Flaming Spiced Wine

Feuerzangenbowle (German: [ˈfɔʏɐtsaŋənˌboːlə]) is a traditional German alcoholic drink for which a rum-soaked sugarloaf is set on fire and drips into mulled wine. It is often part of a Christmas or New Year's Eve tradition. The name translates literally as fire-tongs punch.

The popularity of the drink was boosted in Germany by the 1944 comedy film Die Feuerzangenbowle.

It is a traditional drink of some German fraternities, who also call it Krambambuli, as the red color is reminiscent of a cherry liqueur of that name which was manufactured by the distillery Der Lachs zu Danzig [de] (in Gdańsk)

~Wikipedia

How to Make Feuerzangenbowle at Home

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