Name: Manchester Special Rum Punch
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml OP high ester aged pot still rum; 30 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 20 ml Honey and water syrup; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Overproof aged pot still rum (high-ester 4-6 years old)

1 fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

²⁄₃ fl oz

Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of grapefruit slice wheel.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

Garnish with grapefruit slice wheel.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Manchester Special Rum Punch contains 212 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
22.12% alc./vol. (44.24° proof)
23.9 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Miguel Perales Premium Member 2w

I'm going to agree with Martin's comment below in that, for me, it was a bit on the sweet side. I actually added 1/2 ounce/15 ml of fresh lime juice after and it was more balanced. I used Wray & Nephew overproof Jamaican rum.

Ryan Madden Premium Member 1y

Serviceable; it tastes like an incomplete Navy Grog. Not bad thought.

Martin Mangold 1y

I don't know what it was, maybe the Grapefruit, but for me this was noteably too sweet and lacking acidity. Adding some lime juice helped.

John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

I liked this drink. Being concerned over the ratings, I was thinking it lacked some flavour. I substituted a barspoon of Pimento Dram for the Angostura Bitters. Got a little more flavour. Used an overproof Navy Rum.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5y

I've just made with Hampden Estate overproof 60% alc./vol. Jamaican pot still and local Northiam honey and very tasty. I've reduced the rum a tad for cost and sobriety. I've also switched to honey syrup to make measuring easier.