Old English Wassail - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1 quart apple juice
1 quart apple cider
1 pint cranberry juice
1 teaspoon aromatic bitters
1 cup rum
2 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon whole allspice
1 orange
6 cloves

Preparation

Dissolve the sugar in the juices and warm over medium heat.
Add the bitters and the rum and simmer for 15 minutes.
Reduce heat.
Stud the orange with the allspice and cloves add to the liquid with the cinnamon and steep for 4 hours. Do not boil.