Ladle 3 ounces of warmed glögg into a small coffee cup or a small Swedish-style glögg mug, and garnish each serving with a few reserved raisins and almonds. Use an ordinary port wine for this recipe, because the strong-flavored spices and other ingredients will overwhelm an expensive wine.
This glögg recipe resembles a variety of historical mulled wines, such as wassail and gluwein. Combine first 9 ingredients in a pot over medium heat. Bring mixture to a simmer, being careful not to boil.
Indeed many Swedes attend two or three glögg parties every weekend in December! Glögg is the Swedish version of mulled wine, but it is not quite the same as mulled wine in other countries as different spices are used and almonds and raisins are always placed in the bottom of the glass before the glögg is added.
Wine Glögg: Traditional Glögg with a red wine base. Usually at around 10% ABV. Starkvinsglögg: Glögg made from a wine with a higher ABV. The alcohol level usually is around 15%. Glögg with added alcohol: Glögg with a wine base and a high-proof spirit like Vodka, Rum, Cognac, etc.