What is the drink wassail made of?

It’s basically a blend of apples and spices, spiked with bourbon, with endless variation. The sweetness of your wassail will be entirely dependent on your choice of apple cider, which tends to be pretty sweet. If you would like a warming but less sweet holiday drink, try my mulled wine or hot toddy.

When should I drink wassail?

Wassailing was traditionally done on New Year’s Eve and Twelfth Night, but some rich people drank Wassail on all the 12 days of Christmas! The Wassail drink mixture was sometimes called ‘Lamb’s Wool’, because of the pulp of the roasted apples looked all frothy and a bit like Lambs Wool!

Does wassail need to be refrigerated?

Serve it very warm like you would tea. You can make it ahead, refrigerate it and reheat as necessary. Wassail keeps well for 4-5 days.

Is Wassel German?

What is Wassail? Wassail is a traditional German drink made with apple cider, citrus of some form, and winter herbs. Making wassail has now become a family tradition with my own family (as well as making gluvine, a spiced wine punch that my husband used to drink when he studied in Austria).

What exactly is wassail?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : an early English toast to someone’s health. 2 : a hot drink that is made with wine, beer, or cider, spices, sugar, and usually baked apples and is traditionally served in a large bowl especially at Christmastime. 3 : riotous drinking : revelry.

Is wassailing a pagan?

Wassailing is a Twelfth Night tradition that has been practised in Britain for centuries. It has its roots in a pagan custom of visiting orchards to sing to the trees and spirits in the hope of ensuring a good harvest the following season.

What is wassail Eve?

Can wassail be reheated?

You can keep wassail hot by warming it on the stove in a large pan. If you are serving wassail for a party, a large crock pot (like this one) works well to keep your wassail warm. That said, wassail is still tasty to drink when cold – and can easily be reheated in the microwave in individual mugs.

Can wassail be left out overnight?

Can wassail be left out overnight? This has always been a crowd pleaser and it’s a drink that can stay on the stove all day. You can also keep this drink on a cold burner overnight and reheat it up in the morning. You can keep heating and reheating this wassail until it’s all gone!

What happens at a wassail?

What do people do at a Wassail? It takes place in orchards where traditionally songs are sung to the apple trees, people drink their health and cider is poured onto their roots. A Wassail queen is usually crowned and toast soaked in cider is placed in the branches of the trees as an offering to ensure a good harvest.

What is a wassail bowl?

Wassail is a hot, mulled punch often associated with Yuletide, often drunk from a ‘wassail bowl’. The earliest versions were warmed mead into which roasted crab apples were dropped and burst to create a drink called ‘lambswool’ drunk on Lammas day, still known in Shakespeare’s time.