Planters Punch

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*3 oz. dark rum
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*1/2 oz. grenadine
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*barspoon of bar sugar
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*juice of a small lime
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*juice of 1/2 lemon
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Stir with crushed ice and strain into a collins glass 2/3 full of same
  
  
 
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Revision as of 00:50, 6 October 2006

The Planters Punch is a generic Rum punch based around the following: 1 sour, 2 sweet, 3 strong, 4 weak.


Contents

The recipe from the back of the Myers's Rum Bottle

  • 3 parts Myers's rum
  • 1 part lemon juice
  • 2 tea-spoons sugar syrup per glass
  • 1 dash bitters per glass

Shake and strain, garnish with orange and mint sprig.


Historical Recipes

NEW YORK TIMES, 8 August 1908

"PLANTER'S PUNCH"

  • This recipe I give to thee,
  • Dear brother in the heat.
  • Take two of sour (lime let it be)
  • To one and a half of sweet,
  • Of Old Jamaica pour three strong,
  • And add four parts of weak.
  • Then mix and drink. I do no wrong--
  • I know whereof I speak.


"The Gleaner", (1921)

"A planters' punch is made of pure Jamaica rum, a little cane syrup, cracked ice along with a slice of native pineopple and orange to make it more attractive."


"1800 And All That" by R. de Fleury, 1937

No. 1843

Planter's Punch--no.1

Recipe by "Slippery", Myrtle Bank Hotel, Kingston.

This drink is very popular on the Island of Jamaica, and principally at Kingston. It is made of:

  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar Syrup
  • The Juice of a fresh Lime
  • 1 Wineglass Bacardi Rum

Shake well; strain into a tumbler, and grate Nutmeg and a pinch of Red Pepper on top. No Soda whatever.


"Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide," Vic Bergeron, 1947

  • 3 oz. dark rum
  • 1/2 oz. grenadine
  • barspoon of bar sugar
  • juice of a small lime
  • juice of 1/2 lemon

Stir with crushed ice and strain into a collins glass 2/3 full of same

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