Alcoholic sweet tea with ginger

Ingredients:

• 1 l. ginger ale
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 bunch mint, plus sprigs for garnish
• 3 tea bags
• 1 and 1/2 cups bourbon

Preparation:

1. Pour ginger ale into a baking dish. Freeze overnight.
2. In a saucepan, combine 4 cups of water, sugar, and mint and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the tea bags and let cool completely, 30 minutes to 1 hour; discard the tea bags.
3. Strain the sweet tea into a pitcher and add the bourbon. Chill until ready to serve. Scrape the ice from the ginger ale and strain into a glass. Pour the cocktail and garnish with mint sprigs.
   
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