Name: Reggae Rum Punch
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml White overproof rum; 45 ml Pineapple juice; 45 ml Orange juice; 12.5 ml Strawberry sugar syrup; 10 ml Lime juice

Reggae Rum Punch
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	White overproof rum (unaged Jamaican/funky)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Pineapple juice
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
0.42 oz	Monin Strawberry Syrup
¹⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge, Luxardo Maraschino Cherry & mint sprigs bouquet.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Jamaicans have a sweet tooth and love their rum. This drink combines sweetness, potent rum, and generous fruit.

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History:

The most popular punch in Jamaica, where it is sold under different names with slightly varying ingredients. It always contains orange, pineapple and most importantly, overproof rum.

Nutrition:

One serving of Reggae Rum Punch contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
13.24% alc./vol. (13.24° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Miguel Perales

2nd April 2024 at 21:28

I didn't have strawberry syrup, so to try to keep some of the flavor profile, I muddled 1/2 of a strawberry and used simple syrup.
What a great summer time cocktail. Very tropical/Caribbean flavors present, and somewhat reminiscent of a rum-runner. Will definitely add to summer rotation.

Chad Hatcher

2nd July 2023 at 21:55

I halved the orange juice and replaced Demerara syrup in lieu of Strawberry, spot on

John Hinojos

7th June 2023 at 01:51

Being big rum drinkers, felt this was missing some of the Jamaican funk. Added 1/4 oz dark Jamaican rum to add some depth of molasses flavour and more funk. Loved it.

Jose Cruz

30th October 2022 at 18:50

replaced the strawberry syrup with 15 ml of grenadine syrup. Wow that was good !

Antonio Castro

30th December 2021 at 23:34

Some people uses the strawberry syrup homemade, I've used Monin brand

Simon Difford

31st December 2021 at 08:18

Homemade strawberry syrup is delicious but needs good ripe strawberries and is a faff to make.

JAY HURON

12th October 2020 at 00:39

My take on this for tonight:
0.5 oz. Lime Juice (sour) 1
1 oz. Grenadine (sweet) 2
1.5 oz. W&N (strong) 3
2 oz. Pineapple juice (weak and part sweet) 4 combined with OJ
2 oz. orange juice
I also added about 1 tablespoon and a half of strawberry jam I had in the fridge.
This ended up probably a bit sweet, so I'd ditch the Grenadine and go full strawberry. Syrup or preserves, probably syrup, maybe 1 oz. or to taste for sweet/strawberry flavor.

JAY HURON

12th October 2020 at 00:43

Ooh, that didn't format well. The number after the close bracket is the ratio in the basic recipe.
I might also go with 2 oz. of W&N but it's probably good as-is unless you want it stronger. You can taste it just a bit which is probably good.

JAY HURON

11th October 2020 at 23:13

I watched a YouTube video of an old Jamaican guy making rum punch in a large batch check said the basic recipe was 1 part sour (lime juice), 2 parts sweet (strawberry syrup from Jamaica), 3 parts strong (the wray & nephew), and 4 parts weak (which was water in the basic version).

JAY HURON

11th October 2020 at 23:16

But! His upgraded version was similar to this drink with orange and pineapple juice, which are part weak and part sweet, so left the strawberry till last and added to taste basically, but his "secret ingredient" was ginger paste concentrate, again from Jamaica, but I'd think you could use some ginger beer and not have to water it down with more juice like he did. So I'm going to try and balance this like he did that bowl full.

Anonymous

13th September 2020 at 19:05

I love this sweet drink. I added 2 dashes of Grapefruit Bitters to improve the balance a bit.

Simon Difford

13th September 2020 at 20:08

Adding grapefruit bitters is inspired.

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