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You can buy proprietary brands of sugar syrup, or if you'd prefer to make your own, I recommend making a 'rich' two parts sugar to one part water (2:1)...
I nearly always add a shot of vodka to a bottle (500ml) of syrup as a preservative. The resulting mixture would be less than 1%ABV. Is this a good or a bad idea?