Planter's Punch

Planter's Punch
IBA Official Cocktail
Planter's Punch
Type Mixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume
Served On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish

Cherry and Pineapple slice

Standard drinkware
Highball glass
IBA specified ingredients*
Preparation Pour all ingredients, except the bitters, into shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Pour into large glass, filled with ice. Add Angostura bitters, "on top". Garnish with cocktail cherry and pineapple.

Planter's Punch is an IBA Official Cocktail[1] made of dark rum, lemon juice, Grenadine syrup and a dash of Angostura bitters.

The cocktail has been said to have originated at the Planters Hotel in Charleston, SC, but the recipe originates in Jamaica. The September 1878 issue of the London magazine Fun listed the recipe as follows:

A wine-glass with lemon juice fill,
Of sugar the same glass fill twice
Then rub them together until
The mixture looks smooth, soft, and nice.

Of rum then three wine glasses add,
And four of cold water please take. A
Drink then you'll have that's not bad—
At least, so they say in Jamaica.[1]

  1. ^ "Planter's Punch! A West Indian Recipe". Fun. XXVII (new series): 102. 4 September 1978. Retrieved 5 February 2014. 

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Planter's Punch". International Bartenders Association. Retrieved 7 July 2012.