Name: Myrtle Bank Special Rum Punch
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Jamaican OP aged rum; 30 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Cherry brandy; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Myrtle Bank Special Rum Punch
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Jamaican-style overproof aged pot still rum
1 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

A rich, fruity and spirituous Daiquiri.

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History:

Originally made at the Myrtle Bank Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. Built in the mid-1800s, the Myrtle Bank was converted from a shipyard into a select boarding house. After the hotel was destroyed in the 1907 earthquake it was reconstructed in 1918 and was then the largest hotel in Jamaica, with 205 rooms and a filtered saltwater pool.

Nutrition:

One serving of Myrtle Bank Special Rum Punch contains 214 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
21.72% alc./vol. (21.72° proof)
21.2 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Caspian Berggren

28th March at 16:26

You don't get much cherry except on the back end. It's mostly a Jamaican OP sour, yet not. It's got a fun saline note despite not having any salt in it. I used 2:1 demerara syrup and couldn't really tell that it was there. Overall it was nice, but not very complex. I do love S&C though and it's nice to try it in different drinks.

Simon Sedgley

25th February at 14:45

Hello Simon. For some of us Rum is complicated and sometimes confusing. So when you say in your recipe "Jamaican-style overproof aged pot still rum" and don't link that reference to specific products, we haven't the faintest idea what you are referring to. What are you referring to?

Simon Difford

28th March at 16:55

The link wasn't showing in Australia but was elsewhere. There should be a link now.

Caspian Berggren

28th March at 16:22

Hi Simon! I can't really understand your question. If you press on the link above you'll get to the Jamaican OP aged pot still Difford recommends. From that on you can press the link that says See more Jamaican OP aged pot still where they list all the ones they have talked about or reviewed. The most common examples in this category is Hampden 7 year and Smith&Cross. I like S&C, Difford likes Hampden 7.

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Keith Rogers

17th December 2024 at 23:12

Love this Punch. Used Hamilton Pot Still Black Rum with a splash of Wray & Nephew overproof. Added two shakes Angostura bitters. So good.

Morten Carlsbaek

19th August 2024 at 16:27

Wonderfull cocktail, filling and pleasantly funky rum taste at start and end with descrete cherry in the middle, love it.
I used 20 ml wray & nephew overproof rum, 20 ml hampden 8 yr and 10 ml pusser's rum gunpowder proof.

Zach Schwartz

23rd May 2024 at 02:15

Used 1 oz Plantation OFTD + 1/2 oz Bacardi Gold since the OFTD is 69%. Decided to sub orgeat in for the simple syrup and found that it complements the cherry beautifully.

Jose Cruz

18th May 2024 at 04:25

Great Rift on a daiquiri in my opinion. I see everyone using Smith and cross ... Try some Doctor Bird to level up yur funk. Great for mid to mid high ester rum. For example, Hampden Rumfire would overpower this.

Ben S

30th December 2024 at 01:52

Each palate is different of course, but in a side by side comparison of these specs with S&C vs Dr. Bird, I found Dr. Bird overwhelmingly overtook the drink.

Peter Wunsch

30th September 2023 at 21:07

Could imagine that pineapple would work...
Tried Muscovado (10 instead of 15ml) and had Smith & Cross. Was delicious, too!

Pekka Savolainen

15th July 2023 at 12:56

Switched sugar syrup to homemade pineapple syrup. ??

John Hinojos

29th April 2021 at 23:48

Used 1 1/2 oz Overproof Navy Rum and 1/2 oz Demerara 151. Backed off a little of the sugar syrup. It was outstanding and very spirit forward.

Calvin Grant

6th July 2022 at 04:56

Followed your advice and backed off the syrup a bit. This was outstanding. Made mine with Smith & Cross Overproof Jamaican and not having any Cherry Heering, I used Luxardo Cherry Morlacca and Averell Damson Plum Gin, half and half. Great stuff the Averell, made like traditional Sloe Gin. (Oh and no bitters needed.)

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