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Pineapple-Gin Punch

Yield: Makes 12 servings

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
2 cups pineapple juice
2 cups (or more) gin
2 cups club soda
3 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/8 teaspoon orange bitters or angostura bitters
1 large pineapple, peeled, cored, cut into 1/3-inch cubes
1 ice block

Bring 1 cup water and sugar to boil in small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Mix in lime peel; cool syrup.

Combine pineapple juice, 2 cups gin, club soda, lime juice, and bitters in punch bowl. Mix in pineapple cubes and enough syrup to sweeten to taste. Add more gin, if desired. Add ice block to bowl.