SPICED APPLE CIDER SANGRIA

Spiced Apple Cider Sangria image

Provided by Kare for Kitchen Treaty

Time 6h10m

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 750 ml bottle of white wine (I like something light, fruity, and not too sweet. Pinot grigio is perfect for this sangria)
3 cups apple cider
3/4 cup light rum (the clear rum)
3 - 4 medium apples (I like the colorful combo of honeycrisp, red delicious, golden delicious, and granny smith, cored and sliced)
3 2- inch orange peels (use a carrot peeler and try to avoid as much pith - the white part - as possible)
4 3- inch cinnamon sticks
2 teaspoons whole cloves
1 teaspoon whole allspice
2 12- ounce bottles of ginger beer

Steps:

Add all ingredients except ginger ale to a 2.5-quart or larger pitcher. Cover with airtight lid or cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, up to 24 hours.
If desired, remove fruit and pour mixture through a fine-mesh sieve to strain out the spices and orange peel. Discard spices and orange peel and return liquid and apples to the pitcher. Personally, I like having the cloves and allspice bob around in each glass, so I don't strain, but you do have to be careful to dodge the whole spices when drinking it.
Pour liquid into glasses about halfway. Add apple slices until glass is about 3/4 full. Top off with ginger beer. Serve with a straw.