How To Make Founding Fathers' Plantation Punch
Celebrate America's birthday the way the Founding Fathers might have, by whipping up a batch of Plantation Punch.
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You Will Need
- 12 oz. bourbon
- 6 oz. sugar
- 24 oz. rum
- Ice
- 48 oz. sparkling water
- 6 oz. port
- One orange and two lemons, sliced
- A large bowl
- A strainer
- A punch bowl
- Sweet sherry
Steps
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Step 1
Mix ingredients
Pour the first three ingredients into a bowl, stir briskly with ice until the sugar is dissolved, and then strain into a punch bowl.
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Step 2
Stir in the water
Stir in the water.
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Step 3
Float the port
Float the port on top.
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Substituted sweet sherry for port.
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Step 4
Garnish with fruit
Garnish with orange and lemon slices.
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Step 5
Toast the colonies
Do as the newly liberated colonists did: Make 13 toasts, in honor of the first American states.
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The recipe for Plantation Punch is thought to have been invented in the 17th century.
