Plum Gin Cocktails

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 8 plums, pitted and cut into 6 wedges each
• 2 limes, cut into wedges
• 10 ounces gin
• sparkling water, to top

Directions

1. 1

   Cook sugar and 1 1/2 cups water in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil. Stir in plums; remove from heat. Refrigerate syrup until cold.

2. 2

   Fill 10 tall glasses with ice. Squeeze 1 lime wedge into each glass; add wedge to glass. Stir 1/4 cup of the plum syrup and 1 ounce gin into each glass. Add sparkling water to fill; stir. Garnish with plums. Serve.