Lion House Wassail

• 2 1/4 cups white sugar*
• 4 cups water
• 2 cinnamon sticks (buy quality)
• 1 slice fresh ginger root
• 4 cups orange juice
• 2 cups lemon juice (fresh)
• 8 cups apple juice
• 8 whole allspice berries
• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
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• - In a large saucepan, combine sugar and water. Boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and add cinnamon sticks, allspice berries, cloves, and ginger. Cover and let stand in warm place for 1 hour.
• - Strain liquid into a large pot. Just before serving, add juices and cider and quickly bring to boil. Remove from heat and serve.

*Cut sugar by at least half a cup if using lemonade instead of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Typically wassail is way to sweet because people do not compensate for the sweeteners added to lemonade or concentrate. Next time I will use concentrate I will probably do 1 or 1 1/4 cups sugar.