Dutch Ovens & Spirit Trumpets

This week, the Thinking Drinkers hail Harry Houdini's almost fatal attempt to escape from an urn full of fermenting Tetley's Beer, light a firework under several myths surrounding Guy Fawkes and big-up the famous Northampton massif with Three Hills brewery. And as promised, here's our super duper mulled cider recipe. How do you like them apples?Mulled cider  Ingredients  1½ litres of dry cider  100ml Calvados  400ml apple juice  80g dark brown sugar  2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half 4 whole cloves zest 1 orange, pared into strips 1 tbsp allspice berries  Add cider, Calvados, apple juice and sugar to a saucepan, gently heat, then add the orange zest and spices, simmer on a low heat for 20 mins.  Subscribe to the Thinking Drinkers Spirits Subscription Club here and check out dates and tickets for the shows below here:  Wycombe Farnham Worcester Bristol Isle of Wight Wolverhampton London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby