Planter's Punch

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Planter's Punch, a famous and often served cocktail, doesn't have a single recipe. The New York Times printed one of the punch's recipes back in 1908 (now over a hundred years ago), and The Coolness Page published its first recipe back in 1996. Until the start of summer 2009, I listed the 4 top recipes. Solstice 2009 I added 8 more recipes... The webcocktails site has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Pour the dark rum first over ice and add the mixers last. Pour dark rum last for effect. 1 shot Dark rum 1 splash Grenadine 3 oz Orange Juice 1 oz Sweet & Sour Glass Collins Garnish Cherry     ice cubes The recipe I use is the following: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Shake rum, juices, grenadine and Jägermeißter in a shaker. Pour the mixture through a strainer in a hollow pineapple or large glass, which is half filled with ice cubes. Top her off with soda water. 7 cl Jamaica rum 2 cl lemon juice 2 cl fresh orange juice 2 cl pineapple juice 1 shot grenadine 1 shot Jägermeißter soda water Glass Small hollow pineapple or large glass Garnish A piece of pineapple, a slice of lemon and a few cherries - serve with a straw ice cubes or alternatively I use: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Fill the glass for 3/4 with crushed ice. Pour the mixers in the glass and stir well. Top her off with soda water and stir. 3 cl lemon juice 2 tea spoons powder sugar or sugar syrup 6 cl dark rum 3 drops angostura soda water Glass long drink glass Garnish A slice of orange and a cherry crushed ice or perhaps I might use: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Shake with plenty of ice and pour in a with ice filled on the rocks glass or tumbler with a slice of orange and a cherry. The amounts of fruit juice may vary and other fruit juices may be used. 7 cl dark rum 7 cl orange juice 1 dash lemon juice Glass On the rocks glass or tumbler Garnish A slice of orange and a cherry crushed ice Wikipedia has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Mix juices and rum in a shaker with ice. Shake well, and strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with grenadine. 2 oz dark rum 2 oz orange juice 2 oz pineapple juice 1/2 oz lime juice 1 dash grenadine Glass Collins Garnish A slice of orange and a cherry crushed ice About cocktails has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Pour the grenadine and juice mix into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes. Shake well. 2 oz dark rum 1/4 oz grenadine     equal parts sour mix and either pineapple or orange juice to fill     club soda (optional) Glass Highball glass Garnish A slice of orange or lemon and a maraschino cherry ice cubes Another site has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Shake the dark rum, juices, grenadine and angostura bitter with ice. 3 cl dark rum 6 cl pineapple juice 6 cl orange juice 1 shot lemon juice 1 shot grenadine 2 drops angostura bitter Glass long drink glass Garnish A slice of pineapple and a cherry ice cubes Difford's guide has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Shake the dark rum, juices, water, grenadine and angostura bitter with ice. 1 1/2 oz dark rum 1/2 oz lime juice 1 oz simple syrup 2 oz chilled mineral water 4 dashes angostura bitter Glass long drink glass Garnish slice of lime and slices of carrot     ice cubes Craft of the Cocktail has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Shake all with ice. 1 oz dark rum 1 oz light rum 1/2 oz orange curacao 2 oz orange juice 2 oz pineapple juice 1/2 oz simple syrup 1/4 oz lime juice 1 dash grenadine 1 dash angostura bitter 2 oz soda water (optional) Glass long drink glass Garnish orange slice & cherry     ice cubes Joy of Mixology has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Shake all. 2 oz dark rum 1/2 oz lime juice 1/2 oz lemon juice 1 oz orange juice 2 oz grapefruit juice 1 dash angostura bitter 1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters Glass long drink glass Garnish       Grated Nutmeg Art of Drink has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Combine all ingredients, except club soda, in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a collins glass and top with club soda. Garnish with lime and whatever else you have. 2 oz Lamb's navy rum 1 oz mango juice 1 oz orange juice 1/2 oz lime juice 1/2 oz simple syrup 1/2 oz grenadine 2 oz club soda 4 dashes angostura bitter Glass Collins glass Garnish slice of lime     ice cubes In the spirit has the following recipe: Amount Units Ingredients Comments Shake and strain over cubed ice, then add the bitters. 5 cl dark rum 1 dash angostura bitter 5 cl orange juice 1 tsp. caster sugar 2 cl lime juice Glass tumbler Garnish       ice cubes

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