Two Wassail Kits - Toasting and Tasting Simmer down with a warm, spicy cider wassail, or enjoy a rich mulled wine wassail with spice blends from Middle English times. 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. Cider Ingredients: Cinnamon Sticks, Cut Ginger, Ground Nutmeg Wine Ingredients: Orange Peel, Ginger, Cinnamon, Allspice, Cloves Size/Type: Contains two kits to brew 3 gallons each, both complete with spice bags for brewing. Shelf Life: 3 Years Hand Blended and Packaged by Oliver Pluff & Co. in Charleston, South Carolina
