Reception Punch (1960S) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups water
3/4 teaspoon anise seed
6 cups grape juice
4 1/2 cups lager beer
lemon slice
whole cloves

Preparation

Combine sugar, water, and anise seed in a saucepan.
Bring to a boil and cook 5 minutes.
Cool.
Strain syrup into grape juice.
Add beer and pour over ice.
Stud lemon slices with cloves and float on top.