This is really easy to make and one of those recipes where everyone has their own variation. The base of alcohol, honey, cinnamon and citrus peel is fairly standard but in my last batch I had no fresh fruit so missed out the peel, it was still lovely 
Here’s my version:
750ml Vodka
400 to 500g Honey (My personal taste is more)
3 Cinnamon Sticks, crushed
10 Whole Cloves
5 Allspice Berries, crushed
10 Black Pepper Corns, crushed
1 Vanilla Pod or 1 tbsp Extract.
10 Cardamom pods , crushed
1/4 Nutmeg, crushed or 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1 tsp Caraway Seeds
1/2 tsp Coriander Seeds
1” Root Ginger, finely chopped
5 strips mixed Orange & Lemon Peel
Simmer all the ingredients apart from the vodka and honey in 2 cups of water until the spices are well infused and the liquid a dark brown colour (around 5-10 minutes). Then add the honey and mix well, allow to cool for about an hour. Add the vodka, cover and leave to cool fully (if you don’t allow the mix to cool prior at adding the vodka you’ll evaporate all the alcohol and you don’t want that!!).
Leave to stand for up to a week, stir well, strain through a fine sieve and bottle it, tastes just like Christmas!
