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Sir Charles Punch

Name: Sir Charles Punch
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Tawny port; 15 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Orange Curaçao; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Tawny Port
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
21.45% alc./vol. (42.9° proof)
14 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from the following recipe in the 1949 Esquire's Handbook For Hosts book.

Sir Charles Punch
(Christmas)
Fill a large tumbler half full with shaved ice. To this add one teaspoon of granulated sugar, one wineglass of port, ½ glass of brandy, ½ glass of Curacao. Stir well with a spoon. Ornament the top with slices of orange, pineapple and split grapes.
Esquire's Handbook For Hosts, 1949

Review

Cognac-laced citrusy wine flavours make this somewhat reminiscent of boozy, chilled mulled wine.

Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$31.99 $1.28 per cocktail Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port image

Ferrand Dry Curacao 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$34.99 $0.70 per cocktail Ferrand Dry Curacao image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

$2.08 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Mike Beatty 43w

Too sweet for my taste, but with the sugar dialed back it was a great night cap

Colin Cook 2y

Grand Marnier works well, I think, in place of orange curaçao as suggested.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Had this as an evening cocktail on Winter Solstice. What a wonderful, festive, holiday cocktail. Did follow the comments and used Grand Marnier. Everything works perfectly together here. Will definitely be having this again over the winter season.

I D 5y

It's Xmas day, so I substituted the curaçao with Grand Marnier. Great drink - recommended.

Nels Wadycki 4y

Not Christmas, but I did the same thing. Very tasty.

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