The best recipe for glow gin: how it works

Is winter time mulled wine time? Forget about the hot wine. Glow gin is the trend drink of 2019. The best recipe for the fruity drink can be found here.

Make glow gin yourself - how it works

Christmas is just around the corner - and with it lots of delicacies such as speculoos, gingerbread and mulled wine. However, the latter is facing strong competition this year. Because glow-gin is considered the in-drink 2019. It is a hot drink based on fruity gin. The whole thing is refined - as with mulled wine - with various spices. For two glasses of glow gin you need:

• Four centiliters of gin (best with a low alcohol content and a low juniper aroma; it is particularly Christmassy with a gin with notes of cinnamon and orange)
• 350 milliliters of apple juice
• Three organic oranges
• Eight cloves
• Two cinnamon sticks
• Three-centimeter piece of fresh ginger

Instructions: How to cook the glow gin

When you have all the ingredients together, it's time to prepare them.

1. Rub the peel of an organic orange thinly. Then squeeze all three oranges.
2. Peel the piece of ginger and cut it into thin slices.
3. Place the orange juice together with the apple juice, cloves, cinnamon sticks, ginger slices and the grated orange peel in a saucepan.
4. Heat the drink on medium heat for about 15 to 20 minutes. Make sure it doesn't boil.
5. Fill the heated drink in two glasses or cups and add two centiliters of gin each (more or less if you like).
6. If you want, you can garnish the whole thing with orange slices and cinnamon sticks.

How you can make gin yourself can be read in another article.