So about those recipes. I suppose I should launch into them. For the first one:

Glintveyn, Mulled Mead, Glögg, whatever you choose to call it, it's pretty simple.

You will need a one gallon glass growler, a rubber bung, fermentation lock, 3~5 pounds of honey, spring water, yeast for pitching- oh...err, well, yeah most folk probably aren't going to want to ferment their own medovukha~ so you go to the grocery store and buy yourself a bottle of honey wine.

Ingredients:
~ One bottle honey wine (store-bought) or 3 cups uncut homemade honey wine
~ One cup water
~ A cup of Brandy (If you like)
~ Three unbroken Star Anise pods
~ Seven to Ten whole cloves
~ Two Cinnamon Sticks, or two good shakes of ground cinnamon. (Sticks are best)
~ One Sliced Citrus fruit, orange or lemon are recommended.
~ Sweetener as desired (Sugar / Honey / Maple Syrup)

1 - Put all ingredients into a pot on the stove.
2 - Bring to a gentle simmer. Do not boil! We do not want to evaporate the alcohol. We really don't want to see any bubbling of the liquids at all, just get it nice and hot.
3 - Let it remain on the heat for at a minimum 30 minutes, but it can remain there for several hours to really let the flavours mingle.
4 - Strain out the spices and citrus.
5 - Serve while hot!