"Try this and see what happens....Make a neutral whiskey and cut to whatever proof you can drink, then take redhot candies and disolve them in your hooch.
It tastes like the likker they call --Hotdamn. I take a pint of 100 proof and add 1/2 the box of candy -- (put the candy first then the hooch) takes about a day or so to disolve. You'll see white stuff in the bottom but just shake it up or pour it through a cheese cloth and it will remove all the undesolved sugar. Pretty damn good."

Just make 100 proof neutral and put 5 or 6 sticks of cinnammon in there. Let it sit for a week or two, then sweeten with sugar or syrup to how sweet you want it. It turns out to be a natural nice red color. Great stuff.