Swedish Glogg - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. water
1 qt. Port wine
1 qt. grain alcohol
1 pt. gin
2 cardamon seed
2 sticks cinnamon
1 lb. brown sugar
1/2 lb. brown raisins
4 whole cloves
2 pieces orange peel
1/4 lb. blanched almonds

Preparation

Cook all the spices except the almonds in a small saucepan in water to a boil.
Add brown sugar to enough water to cover in a large 8-quart pot.
Add the water-spice mixture to brown sugar-water mixture, then add wine, gin and grain alcohol.
Bring to a boil (briefly) after each addition.
Add the almonds and burn off some of the alcohol covering the pot to stifle the flame.