Bartending/Cocktails/Hot Buttered Rum

A hot buttered rum is a warm alcoholic beverage made with dark rum, butter, sugar, and cloves mixed with hot water.

Ingredients:

 * 2 quarts hot water (1890 millilitres)
 * 2 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
 * 1/2 cup butter or margarine
 * 1 pinch salt
 * 4 sticks cinnamon
 * 7 whole cloves
 * 1/5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
 * 2 cups rum
 * heavy cream -- whipped
 * ground nutmeg -- for topping

Makes 3.4L

Directions:

 * 1) Put all ingredients, except cream, rum and nutmeg into crockpot.
 * 2) Stir well.
 * 3) Cover pot and cook on HIGH for 2 hours.
 * 4) Add rum; stir to blend.
 * 5) Serve from pot in warm mugs with a scoop of whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg.