Instructions: Put ale into a thick saucepan

Add nutmeg, bring to just below boiling-point. Do not boil!
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Stir in sugar, let it dissolve.

Beat eggs very well, add gradually to beer, stir all the time to avoid curdling.

Add whisky, heat up. Do not boil!
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Pour liquid from saucepan into heated tankards, back and forth.

Serve when pouring drink back and forth enough makes it clear and sparkling.

Het pint can also be made with white wine and brandy instead of ale and whisky.

* If you boil liquor, the alcohol vaporizes into thin air...

NOTES : The het (hot) pint was a traditional form of punch, bought at the public house and carried home through the streets at Hogmanay (New Years Eve) in large copper toddy kettles several hours before midnight to help family and friends "bring in the New Year".

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