Curacao Punch
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Curacao Punch is a cocktail
that comes from Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual (1882). Dale DeGroff
, one of the most famous barmen in the world and author of The Craft of the Cocktail (Clarkson Potter, 2002), holds this to be his favorite forgotten potation.
(This indulged the major nineteenth-century sweet tooth-alter to taste.)
(More of this can also compensate for the sweetness.)
(Dale suggests a full-bodies style of rum.)
Cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
that comes from Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual (1882). Dale DeGroff
Dale DeGroff
Dale DeGroff, aka King Cocktail is a master mixologist who developed his techniques tending bar at many establishments, most notably, New York’s Rainbow Room, where in the late 1980s he pioneered a gourmet approach to recreating the great classic cocktails.DeGroff is the founder and president of...
, one of the most famous barmen in the world and author of The Craft of the Cocktail (Clarkson Potter, 2002), holds this to be his favorite forgotten potation.
Ingredients
- 1/2 tablespoon (7 ml) sugar
(This indulged the major nineteenth-century sweet tooth-alter to taste.)
- 2 or 3 dashes fresh lemon juice--116.203.44.151 (talk) 18:06, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
(More of this can also compensate for the sweetness.)
- 1 ounce (1/4 gill, 3 cl) soda water
- 1 ounce (1/4 gill, 3 cl) brandyBrandyBrandy is a spirit produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink...
(Johnson calls for Martell cognac.) - 2 ounce (1/2 gill, 6 cl) orange curacao
- 1 ounce (1/4 gill, 3 cl) Jamaican rumRumRum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels...
(Dale suggests a full-bodies style of rum.)
Preparation
- In a bar glass or goblet, combine the sugar, lemon juice, and soda water. Dissolve the sugar, and fill a glass with finely shaved or thoroughly crushed ice. Add the remaining ingredients.
- Stir well, and ornament with a variety of fruits.