Fighting Irish Punch Cocktail

Ingredients

• 26 ounces (1 750ml bottle) Concannon Irish Whiskey
• 8½ ounces (250 ml) Bénédictine
• 17 ounces (500 ml) unfiltered organic apple juice
• 8½ ounces (250 ml) chamomile tea, brewed at double the recommended strength
• 8½ ounces (250 ml) fresh lemon juice
• :::8½ ounces (250 ml) honey syrup (4:1 honey to hot water):::
• Scant 1¾ ounces (50 ml) Angostura bitters
• Ice
• Apple

Directions

1. In a punch bowl, combine the whiskey, Bénédictine, apple juice, tea, lemon juice, honey syrup and bitters. Thirty minutes before serving, add a large, solid block of ice (this can be prepared by filling a medium-size metal mixing bowl with water and freezing overnight). Stir thoroughly to mix. To garnish, take a small apple and cut into thin wheels; scatter the slices over the punch.