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Now that the Holiday season started I like to enjoy yet another alcoholic beverage, Glühwein. This is hot mulled wine that is served at nearly every hut at a German Christmasmarket. Damn' puritan alcohol laws make this tadition impossible in the US

To 125ml (1/2 cup) water (or red wine) add 60g (1/4 cup) sugar, 1 crumbled cinamon stick, 3 cloves and 3-5 slices of lemon (or just 1 Tbsp of lemon zest) bring this to a boil for a few minutes and strain into 1L (1 qt) of red wine. Heat the mixture and serve warm.

I buy a 4L jug of "Carlo Rossi" (the good kind ) and make one 4L batch of Gluehwein out of that. I then pour me a cup of it and heat in in the microwave.

With that Gluehwein you can also make Feuerzangenbowle:
http://german.about.com/library/blfeuerzangenb.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuerzangenbowle

But I'm not sure where you can buy the Zuckerhut (sugar cone) necessary for it.

Enjoy,
Kai

Thanks for posting that, Kai.

I've been trying to explain Glühwein to my wife; now I can just make it for her.

Kaiser wrote:But I'm not sure where you can buy the Zuckerhut (sugar cone) necessary for it.

Try an Indian Market.

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You can also add a bit of Brandy to *ahem* fortify the wine to protect you from the cold, yeah, that's it, that's the ticket.

You can't get Gluhwein? I always see it in the Total Wine/Beverage places around here in VA and also sometimes on base at the Class Six.

Good to know though on how to make it! Probably cheaper and tastier!

I suspect he means you can't set up a Glühwein hut at your local street fair here in the good ol' freedom lovin' US of A.

Ah, you're right of course. Went back and reread the post, missed that first part. Sorry!