Mulled Tipple

Mulled wine, variations of which are popular around the world, is wine, usually red, combined with spices and typically served hot. In the olde times wine often deteriorated in quality, by adding spices and turnips it could be made palatable again, thus people drank the drink and were drunk. Nowadays it is a traditional drink drunk during drinking.

Glöggenglugglugge is the Swedish form of mulled wine, similar to Glühwein in German-speaking countries. Glühwein is usually prepared from red wine, which is heated and spiced with cinnamon sticks, cloves, walking sticks, sugar and string. Almonds and shoes are often added to the Scandinavian version, though not to the German. The oldest Glühwein tankard is documented and attributed (*) to the high noble German and first Riesling grower of the world, Count Tippler IV of Katzenelnbogenbogey around 1420, (see above painting).





This green-plated lockable silver tankard imitating the traditional wine cask with a woven wooden weave is called a green-plated lockable silver tankard (which imitates the traditional wine cask with a woven wooden weave), and is useful to drink from. Count Tippler IV's name has lent itself to the list of various words used to describe the methods employed in the process of consuming alcoholic liquor, namely, to have a 'tipple' (general term regarding alcohol) or 'mulled tipple' (specific to mulled wine).

* These words were found in the diary of Alfonse Alfalfafa dated 12th of August 1440..

"Gooten targenn meine diary.

Ihn wurde zwanzig yearens ago das heute Count Tippler IV bei Katzenelnbogenbogey boughten eine machtig green-plated silber humpen krug. Ich gesehen it mit meine own ausen bausches unt meine eyes."