Vanilla Porter Egg Nog

     This year, we started a new Christmas tradition.  Christmas Eve now consists of a nice dinner at home, presents, movie, and egg nog.  For dinner, we recreated our anniversary dinner; bacon wrapped beef filet (recipe located here!) with roasted asparagus (recipe also located here!) and sweet potato fries.  For the movie, we watched "Wolverine."  Not very Christmas-y, I know, but a pretty good movie none the less.
    The main attraction was the EGG NOG!  In my research, I found of lot of different recipes with different key notes.  I originally picked a Weight Watchers egg nog recipe, but... silly me... trying to be healthy during the holidays!  In the decision dilemma, Tory took the cake with a beer inspired egg nog recipe.  Of course, Weight Watchers went out the door (sorry)!  The original recipe can be found at http://www.stonebrew.com/holiday/ along with some other beer based recipes. I will be trying these soon!

Vanilla Porter Egg Nog
Ingredients:
6 eggs, separated
1 tsp vanilla extract
10 ounces Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean...I could not find this one so I used Breckingridge Vanilla Porter.  I also used the whole bottle (oops :)
1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp granulated sugar
2 1/2 cups whole milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
2 tsp ground nutmeg

Directions:
Place the egg yolks, vanilla and ½ cup of the sugar in the bowl of an
electric mixer with a whisk attachment. Beat for several minutes, until
the yolks lighten up and magically double in volume. Add the remaining
ingredients—except for the egg white and the rest of the sugar—and mix
until everything’s fully combined. Transfer the mixture to another bowl and
forget about it for a bit.

Wash the bowl and whisk, then place the egg whites in the bowl and
start whisking them up. Slowly sprinkle in the rest of the sugar and keep
whisking until thick and stiff. Gently fold the egg whites into the yolk
mixture and chill.

When you’re ready to serve, pour the nog into stylish goblets or your favorite
form of beer glass, garnish with a little more nutmeg and go spread some
beery holiday cheer.