Try adding a little of this to hot tea, warm apple cider, coffee or whiskey. Straight up is beautiful, too. This makes a great gift. Yields four large bottles.
Ingredients:
6 cups water
3 cups sugar
1 cup honey
2 whole vanilla beans, sliced open
½ cup peeled, roughly chopped fresh ginger
Peels from two clementines, torn into ½ inch pieces
8 cups brandy
4 pieces of ginger candy, chopped (optional)
Directions: In a large saucepan, combine water, sugar, honey, vanilla beans, ginger and clementine peels. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for ½ hour, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool. Pour the cooled mixture (do not strain) into a non-reactive container large enough to hold it and the brandy. Glass containers are the way to go here. Cover with the lid to the container or plastic wrap and let steep for 2 days. After two days, strain the liquor through a fine mesh strainer, discarding solids. Strain again through the fine mesh strainer lined with a coffee filter. Place 1 chopped piece of ginger candy in each bottle, if using. Pour ¼ of the liquor into each of four sterilized liquor bottles with stoppers. Funnels are your friends. Let sit in a cool, dark place for another 2 days and enjoy. 
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