#438 - Brandy Slush

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups white sugar
7 cups water
4 teabags
2 cups boiling water
2 cups unflavored brandy OR 2 cups whiskey
1 - 12oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate (do NOT mix by can directions)
1 - 12oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate (do NOT mix by can directions)
1 - 2 liter bottle Sprite soda

Use a saucepan and add the white sugar and 7 cups water. Bring to a boil, stir--turn stove off and let it cool to room temperature. Put the 4 teabags in a bowl and pour the 2 cups of boiling water over them--let it cool to room temperature, then remove the teabags and discard them. In a large plastic container or stainless steel pot, add the cooled sugar water, tea, 2 cups of brandy OR whiskey, orange juice concentrate, lemonade concentrate--stir everything with a wooden spoon until completely mixed, then freeze it overnight. Remove from freezer, put 3 TBSP of the frozen mixture into a 6oz. glass and add Sprite until glass is full--stir. Return unused mixture to the freezer until you need more.