Collins Punch

By lauriecrane

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 3 Cups Grapefruit Juice
• 1 1-liter Bottle Club Soda
• 1 1-liter Bottle Ginger Ale
• 1 1-liter Bottle Collins Mix*
• 1 Jar Maraschino Cherries
• Optional: 1 oz. Gin or Vodka per Collins Glass Serving
• (*If you can't readily procure Collins mix, Fresca or Squirt are good alternatives.)

Preparation

Step 1

Mix sugar and grapefruit juice in a large punch bowl until sugar is dissolved. Slowly stir in club soda, ginger ale and Collins mix. Add cherries and about half the juice from the jar of cherries.

To serve as cocktails, fill Collins glass with ice. Pour one ounce of gin or vodka over ice. Fill glass with punch mixture.

Because this is a carbonated punch, make this shortly before guests arrive.