Tonight we are drinking Hot Winter Cider. Basically a hot buttered rhum apple cider. Mull apple juice with orange peel, star anise, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Make a compound butter with equal parts brown sugar and unsalted butter with cinnamon, clove, and allspice. Add two teaspoons of compound butter to the cider with a couple of ounces of Barbancourt 8yr (or whatever) and enjoy!! I also like Audrey's recipe for Tom and Jerry's but my family cant wrap their heads around hot nog.