Saturday, December 3, 2011

Philadelphia Fish-House Punch - FOR ONE!

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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