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

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

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

1 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Cherry (brandy) liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Myrtle Bank Special Rum Punch contains 214 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
21.72% alc./vol. (43.44° proof)
22.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Originally made at the Myrtle Bank Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.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.

Comments & Discussion

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Matthew Parshchikov 25w

I tried with Hampden and it really is a nice sweet, tart and slighlty mysterious drink with a great finish

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

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 Premium Member 1y

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?

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

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.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

For some reason the link wasn't active for those of us downunder but it has now been fixed. Cheers.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

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

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Great...thank you.

Keith Rogers 1y

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 Premium Member 2y

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 Premium Member 2y

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 2y

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 1y

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 3y

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

Pekka Savolainen 3y

Switched sugar syrup to homemade pineapple syrup. ??

John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

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 Premium Member 4y

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.)