Choke Cherry Liquor - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 gal. ripe choke cherries
2 c. water
2 c. sugar
1 qt. brandy

Preparation

Make a heavy syrup out of the two cups water and 2 cups sugar. Cook this syrup.
Add choke cherries and brandy to syrup mixture in a gallon jar.
Set jar out into sun and burp every day from 3 to 4 weeks.
Do bring in jar at night and set out each day.
After all this, strain and put in bottle.