Hot spiced cider

Deep and mellow, this is also a rousing drink that I brew regularly for back-of-the-year festivities, from Hallowe’en to New Year’s Eve (although I wouldn’t recommend it to those lighting fireworks). A couple of cups and I get a pleasant chuckly feeling; it’s like being in a little warm room of your own, volume turned down, but interrupted by moments of wild abandon. Don’t boil away the alcohol to syrup; make it in batches instead.