Pimm's Cup Cocktails

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 cups Pimm's No.1*
• 1 cup fresh Meyer lemon juice
• 2 Meyer lemons, thinly sliced
• 1 orange, halved, thinly sliced
• 1 6-inch-long piece cucumber, thinly sliced
• 1 3-inch-long piece fresh ginger, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
• 1 1/2 cups chilled club soda
• Ice cubes
• Cucumber spears (for garnish)

1. Stir sugar and 1/2 cup water in saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
2. Combine Pimm's and next 6 ingredients in large pitcher.
3. Mix in 1/2 cup sugar syrup, mashing slightly to release flavors.
4. Cover; chill at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours.
5. Stir 1 1/2 cups club soda into pitcher.
6. Fill 8 old-fashioned glasses with ice, then cocktail.
7. Garnish with cucumber spears.
8. *A blend of gin, liqueurs, and fruit extracts; available at some specialty foods stores and liquor stores.

sugar, water, fresh meyer, lemons, orange, cucumber, ginger, fresh mint, club soda, cubes, cucumber

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pimms-cup-cocktails-352631 (may not work)