Country Club Punch

From The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock (1917) — first cocktail book by an African-American bartender, published while at the St. Louis Country Club. Original spec: 4 ingredients; method: "Take 1-1/2 lbs. of Cut Loaf Sugar and rub the lumps on the skins of 4 Lemons and 2 Oranges until the Sugar becomes well saturated with the oil from the skins. Then put the Sugar thus prepared into a large porcelain-lined or agate Mixing vessel, and add: 12 Oranges, sliced. 1 Pineapple, sliced. 1 box Strawberries. 2 bottles (quarts) Apollinaris Water. Stir thoroughly with oak paddle or large silver ladle, and

Glass	Punch bowl
Garnish	None
ABV	21.9%
Category	prohibition
Flavor	classic, pre-prohibition, bullock-1917, historic

Ingredients

• Bénédictine2 oz
• Red Curacoa2 oz
• Maraschino Liqueur2 oz
• Aged Jamaican Rum1 oz

Method

1. Add bénédictine, red curacoa, maraschino liqueur, and aged jamaican rum to mixing glass with ice
2. Stir until well chilled
3. Strain into chilled punch bowl