Father Labat’s Punch
1 Tbsp
The aromatic flower buds of a tree native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Commonly used as a spice in cooking, but sometimes in cocktails too, apparently.
1 Tbsp
A tree bark spice, commonly used as a grated garnish in cocktails, an ingredient in the cocktail, or floating as a whole piece as a garnish.
1 Tbsp
The seed from an evergreen tree, used as a grated garnish in many cocktails. A must for egg-nog and egg-nog like drinks. In sufficent amounts it gives a numbing sensation.
1 cup
You know what this is, dihydrogen monoxide. Used in cocktails to aide dilution and dissolution. It is liquid at room temperature but becomes solid 'ice' at 0 Celsius. Did you know ice is a mineral?
0.5 oz
Granulated sugar is a sucrose formed with glucose and fructose join by covalent bonding. Sugar is soluble in water, increasing the surface area (smaller grain size) or heating the water, dissolves sugar faster. Some cocktails use sugar directly but more use it indirectly in syrups/liqueurs.
0.5 oz
The second most common juice used in cocktails. This citrus juice is about 6% acid; 4% from citric and 2% from malic, with small amounts of succinic acid (this is what gives it a little bloody taste). Lime juice should be used the day it is squeezed, some like it freshly squeezed and others like it a few hours old.
2 oz
Also called amber rums, gold rums are medium-bodied rums that get their coloring from added sugars like molasses or caramel. These rums can either be left un-aged or slightly aged in charred oak barrels.
Combine in a saucepan, cloves, crushed cinnamon sticks, crushed whole nutmeg and water. Boil, then simmer for 15 minutes. Let cool and strain into a bottle. Dissolve sugar in lime juice at the bottom of your shaker. Add rum and 1 oz of the spice mix. Add ice and shake. Pour unstrained into a punch cup or mug. #shake #ontherocks #makeinadvance
In 1694 Pere Jean-Baptiste Labat, a priest, wrote down a recipe this was adapted from.
Herbal
Fresh