Witches' Brew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups water
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons ginger, minced
12 whole cloves
4 cinnamon sticks
4 whole allspice berries
2 quarts apple cider
3 cups orange juice
2 cups lemon juice
rum (optional) or Bourbon (optional)

Preparation

In a heavy saucepan stir water and sugar together.
Stir in ginger, cloves, cinnamon and allspice and bring mixture to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
Strain syrup and return to pan (or put in crockpot) and add cider, orange and lemon juice and then bring mixture to a simmer (or put crockpot on low for a few hours).
Stir in rum or bourbon if desired.