Hot Spiked Apple Cider

Name: Hot Spiked Apple Cider
Ingredients: 1/2 gal. (8 c.) apple cider or unfiltered apple juice; 1 organic gala apple, very thinly sliced, plus 4 more thinly sliced for garnish (about 5 oz. each), from one Good & Gather™ 2 lb. bag Organic Gala Apples; 1 small navel orange, ends trimmed, thinly sliced into rounds; 2 cinnamon sticks, plus more for garnish; 2 star anise, plus more for garnish; 2 whole cloves; 1 2 ½ piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced; 1/4 c. packed light brown sugar; 6 oz. bourbon or whisky