Prepare for the Holidays with
The Webtender Holiday special!

The Webtender have prepared a selection of hot and cold drinks and bowls to enjoy before and during the Holidays. Enjoy!

Remember to check out the rest of The Webtender' Holiday Special as well, and take a look at some of the bartending gift ideas.

This traditional beverage consists of milk or cream, beaten eggs, sugar, nutmeg and usually liquor of some kind. Rum was the spirit noted in early references to the drink, but brandy, cognac and whiskey are also common additions. It is served cold, usually in a punch bowl.

Liquor-free eggnog has long been served to convalescents and growing children.

The paranoia about salmonella has resulted in the creation of different eggnog using either egg substitutes, or eggnog that is cooked.

Gløgg or Glögg (pronounced "GLUHG", derived from the German Glühwein) is an especially popular during Advent and the Christmas holiday.

This Scandinavian spiced-wine punch gets its punch from the addition of Aquavit, Brandy, Red Wine or Vodka. To take the chill off cold winter nights, it's served hot in cups with almonds (chopped or whole) and raisins added to each serving.

Wassail (pronounced "WAHS-AYL") originates from the Norse "ves heill", for "be in good health," is an old toast and the origin of this word. Wassail consists of ale or wine sweetened with sugar and flavored with spices and is one of the oldest traditions at Christmas time.

A Norwegian version of mulled wine. The name "Bisp" is Norwegian for "bishop" and it is given its name from the red color of the bishops cape.

Mulled berverages are heated with various ingredients such as herbs, spices, fruit and sugar. The beverages most often infused in this fashion are wine, cider and beer.

All these drinks are hot coffee mixed with liquor, and sometimes spices. It is then served with cream, sometimes whipped, floated on top.

Hot drinks usually made from chocolate and milk. Spices, coffee or fruit is sometimes added.

Chocolate comes from the tropical cocoa bean, Theobroma ("food of the gods") cacao. The Aztec king Montezuma so believed that chocolate was an aphrodisiac that he purportedly drank 50 golden goblets of it each day.