18 ounces best-quality black cherry or plain vodka
1 bottle (750 ml) sparkling water
How to make
Bing cherry mojitos
Bring sugar and 1 ¼ cups water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool completely. (Makes about 2 cups syrup.) The syrup can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 month.
Put lime juice into a medium nonreactive bowl. Halve and pit cherries; add to lime juice. Stir in syrup. Refrigerate at least 1 hour (up to overnight).
Stir cherry mixture and vodka in a large serving bowl. Fill 12 glasses with ice. Spoon ½ cup cherryvodka mixture into each glass. Top off with sparkling water. Serve immediately.