I took a little liberty with this one. This is a great famous punch from the famous (?) fish-house club in Philadelphia. I think it was a fishing club! Anyway, they had their own punch and it is awesome. The great David Wonderich (cocktail writer) had a recipe for this in his book PUNCH. I turned it into a single serving. It's pretty darn great! Check it out....
1 ounce jamaican rum
1/2 ounce cognac
1/2 ounce peach brandy (Kuchan makes a barrel aged, peach eau de vie which is the closest you can find to what original peach brandy would have been like. At least that is my understanding.)
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
shake vigorously to give it a nice and good dilution. I poured ice and all into a glass, because a little more dilution was fine with me, as it is a strong drink.
BTW....this recipe is based off a printed punch recipe from 1795. Which means this drink was probably floating around a while before that. Chances are, this drink is older than the usa itself!
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