Aged Eggnog Recipe

[LazyBones]

Disclaimer: Make it at your own risk! We've never had or made this before, so no idea if it will turn out great, or terrible.

As a side note this recipe uses 3 cups of liquor, so it's not for the kids, or non alcohol drinking members of the family.

I think this is the correct spot for this? If not please let me know and I'll move it. This year the wife and I decided to make something we've never made before, Aged Eggnog. Our plan is to have the first batch for Thanksgiving, so aged a little over a month. The second we will have for Christmas. The recipe we used is from Alton Brown's website, which I'll post the link to: https://altonbrown.com/recipes/aged-eggnog/
Save the egg whites, I'll post my wife's angle food cake recipe in the cooking section later.

We made it exactly as the recipe said, for the first batch. For the second we are going to add cinnamon, all spice, and maybe cloves.

I know some people like to use bottom shelf booze for making things like this, or for cooking in general. I recommend against that. Never cook or mix with something you wouldn't drink by itself.
We used 32oz mason jars to store the eggnog in the refrigerator.
This is just the first batch.

 

[Elenaidan]

I would love to hear the feedback on this. I get some from a guy at work every year and I am interested in making my own.

 

[LazyBones]

I would love to hear the feedback on this. I get some from a guy at work every year and I am interested in making my own.

I'll update it when we start drinking them at Thanksgiving. The recipe said to give it at least 3 weeks aging before drinking, so you still have time to make your own. Alton Brown usually has really good and repeatable recipes.

 

[pinkbunny]

I bet a tsp of vanilla or even a pinch of ground vanilla would add some nice flavor and color to it. I bet Saigon cinnamon in small doses could improve it. But I bet allspice and clove would overpower the nutmeg too much, imo.

 

[LazyBones]

I bet a tsp of vanilla or even a pinch of ground vanilla would add some nice flavor and color to it. I bet Saigon cinnamon in small doses could improve it. But I bet allspice and clove would overpower the nutmeg too much, imo.

We decided no on the cloves. We are making the second batch tomorrow. So I'll post what we did differently than the original recipe. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[LazyBones]

So for the second batch we added 1tsp of vanilla extract to the dairy and alcohol mix. We added 2tsp of ground cinnamon, 1tsp of ground ginger, 1tsp of ground nutmeg, and 1/2tsp of allspice, to the sugar and egg mixture. After we mixed everything together, we ladled the mixture into the 32oz mason jars. When got to the bottom of the bowl there was a lot of grainy powder leftover, just toss it. You want to keep the texture of the eggnog as smooth as possible. We basically tried to create a pumpkin spice flavor for the second batch. So we are going to try some of both batches at Thanksgiving, and at Christmas. To see which one we like better.

 

[pinkbunny]

So, inspired by you I made a batch yesterday. Added a tsp of vanilla.
It seems a little more liquid than I'm used to. Will probably reduce the whole milk in the future to 1 cup, and up the heavy cream to 3 cups.

For this one, I separated it into four 32oz mason jars. Towards Christmas, if it hasn't thickened, I might cream four egg yolks and 2/3 c sugar, then divide into fourths and add to the jars.

 

[cchioda3]

Hope this turns out well for you. If I get around to it, I’d like to make this. I love eggnog during the holidays!

 

[GeorgeBush]

My recipe is:

Eggnog from the grocery store
Nutmeg on top to look fancy

...and Sailor Jerry !!

 

[LazyBones]

Hope this turns out well for you. If I get around to it, I’d like to make this. I love eggnog during the holidays!

I've never been disappointed in Alton Brown's recipes, from his cook books or tv show. So I'm hopeful.

 

[LazyBones]

My recipe is:

Eggnog from the grocery store
Nutmeg on top to look fancy

...and Sailor Jerry !!

Nothing wrong with that! 😄

 

[pinkbunny]

Nothing wrong with that! 😄

Well, there is the 'spiced' rum. Ugh. Fake vanilla flavoring an cheap rum, created whole cloth by marketers in the 1980's. It's the Natty light of rum.

Kidding.

 

[LazyBones]

Well, there is the 'spiced' rum. Ugh. Fake vanilla flavoring an cheap rum, created whole cloth by marketers in the 1980's. It's the Natty light of rum.

Kidding.

I didn't say I would drink it! 🤣

 

[LazyBones]

Alright, here's my overdue update. So the first batch was very good, but a little alcohol forward. The cinnamon in the second batch obliterated every else we put in there, including the alcohol taste, it wound up tasting like big red gum. So we tried mixing the 2 batches together, and that was perfect, it balanced out very well. I would do it again. It is potent Christmas Cheer, so keep that in mind.

 

[LazyBones]

So here we are again! After a year to think on it, and listening to feedback from friends. We decided to do it again, with a couple of changes.
We started with the original recipe: https://altonbrown.com/recipes/aged-eggnog/
Changed the Bourbon amount, using only 4oz. The other 4oz we used cinnamon whiskey. The only other change was we added 1 Tbl of vanilla.
We ladled the whole thing into 4 32oz mason jars, leaving any granules in the bottom of the mixing bowl. Let age a month, and enjoy!