S. M. Daniel'S Jacked Punch

• Ginger-scented simple syrup
• 1 cup cane sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2-3 quarter-sized slices peeled fresh ginger
• Punch
• 1/2 cup ginger-scented simple syrup, reserving the rest as needed
• 8 cups freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, preferably Ruby Red, chilled
• 4 cups Jack Daniel's or other Tennessee sour mash whiskey, or more, depending on how frisky you want everyone to be
• 2 teaspoons Regans' Orange Bitters No. 6, more to taste
• 2 12-ounce cans seltzer or club soda, chilled
• 1/4 cup St. Germaine
• a bunch of mint sprigs

1. In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, water and ginger to a boil. Simmer for a minute until the sugar has dissolved, let cool and remove the ginger.
2. In a punch bowl, mix together a half-cup simple syrup, the grapefruit juice, Jack Daniel's, bitters, seltzer and St. Germaine. The sweetness will depend on the sweetness of the grapefruit, you can add more simple syrup as needed.
3. To keep it cold, you can make an ice ring by freezing some water in a bundt pan and then sliding it into the punch bowl so it floats around, iceberg-like . If you feel ambitious, you can add a jar of good cocktail cherries and mint sprigs to the ice ring before you freeze it so it looks festive. Or you can just use a bunch of ice cubes. The ice ring is a nice touch, though. Sister Mary Daniel would have approved.
4. Surround the punch bowl with some pretty glasses into which you have placed mint sprigs (my Kentucky friends won't drink bourbon unless it has mint sprigs) and put on some slow-dancing music for the guests. Something like "On Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men, or "This I Swear" by Nick Lachey, and, of course, "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers. And don't forget to leave room for ....

gingerscented simple syrup, cane sugar, water, quarter, gingerscented simple syrup, freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, whiskey, regans, seltzer, st germaine, mint sprigs

Taken from food52.com/recipes/15012-s-m-daniel-s-jacked-punch (may not work)