Phil Piotrowski's Krupnik Recipe

3 pounds (4 cups)		Honey
2 teaspoons		Vanilla extract
2 cups		Water
1 teaspoons		ground cloves
2 teaspoons		ground cinnamon
1 teaspoons		ground nutmeg
1 Large		lemon, sliced ¼" thick, then in half
1½ cups		Grain Alcohol (190 proof, Everclear)
1½ cups		Brandy
		Cinnamon Sticks

Combine Water & Honey in sauce pan
Boil for 20 minutes (skim foam from top)

Add cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon, simmer for 20 minutes.

Add 3 cinnamon sticks
Remove from heat, allow to cool.

Add Vanilla

Add 1 cup grain alcohol
Add 1 cup brandy
Mix and place in 2 liter sada bottle (include all spices and lemon)
Add more grain alcohol & brandy to top the bottle off.

Let the mixture 'age' for 2 months, at room temperature.
Shake it to mix when you can.

Do not mix for the last 2 weeks to let the spices settle to bottom.

Decant mixture. (Note: Lemon Peel can be chocolate coated!)
Mix in additional brandy and grain alcohol and/or water to obtain desired 'kick', proof and thickness
(Optionally, place back into bottle, and allow spices to settle again for 2 weeks)
(Also, the 'sludge' at the bottom of the original container can have some brandy added to it, mixed and
then settled for one additional week.  Decant off the clear liquid and add to the originally decanted mixture.)

Taste and adjust mixture with additional brandy. Place in dispensing bottles and add 1 cinnamon stick.

Allow to 'age' an additional 2+ weeks before serving.

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