Homemade Glögg

I decided to make my own Glögg this year and found an awesome recipe here.
5 liters (10 pints) dark beer

2 kg (4.5 lb) sugar
6 large potatoes
7-8 dried figs
1 orange
500 g (1 lb) raisins
1 cinnamon stick
1 large fresh ginger 
500 g (1 lb) muscovado sugar
15 g (0.5oz) Cloves
15 g (0.5oz) Cardemum
1 vanilla bean
2 fresh hot chilies
3 pieces of Bitter Orange
50 g fresh yeast


I did not have all of this so I altered a little, like used brown sugar instead of muscovado sugar, currants instead of raisins, used dry yeast and ditched the bitter orange all together.
Mix everything together in a big pot, cover and let sit for 3-6 weeks.