Get together your ingredients and equipment.Note: You can either mix this drink with a bar spoon in your glass or you can mix it in a cocktail shaker. Mixing in the glass instructions are in the step by step below.If you want to use your shaker: fill it with ice, pour in your ingredients, shake well, strain it into your glass. Fill your glass up to the top with ice.Note: you can use either a highball or a rocks glass for this cocktail. Pick up your brandy and your jigger. Using your jigger, measure 2 oz of brandy. Pour the brandy into your glass.
Pick up your eggnog and your jigger. Using your jigger, measure 4 oz of eggnog. Pour the eggnog into your glass.
Pick up your bar spoon, place it in your glass and use it to thoroughly mix your drink together.
Put several dashes of either cinnamon or nutmeg onto the top of your drink.