Here in the South, we LOVE our cocktails. Every Friday we like to share a new Southern Traditional, Southern-Created or Southern-Inspired Cocktail Recipe that we know you will enjoy.
Today’s Southern Cocktail, The Mississippi Punch Cocktail, is possibly the second oldest recipe we have published (after The Old Fashioned) — but tastes like it was created by one of today’s superstar bartenders.
Southern Cocktail #18 is Mississippi Punch Cocktail
Mississippi Punch Cocktail, first appearing in Jerry Thomas’s The Bon Vivant’s Companion in 1862, finds its origins somewhere “along the Mississippi,” according to cocktail historian, David Wondrich.
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Mississippi Punch Cocktail Recipe
This cocktail first printed in Jerry Thomas’s The Bon Vivant’s Companion finds its origins somewhere “along the Mississippi,” according to cocktail historian, David Wondrich.
Yield: 1
Materials
- 1 1/2 ounces light Rum
- 1 ounce Rye or Bourbon
- 1 ounce Brandy
- 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
- 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
- 1 dash Angostura Bitters
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients with ice and shake.
- Strain over fresh ice into a Collins glass.
Recipe Courtesy of Imbibe Magazine which adapted it from Cocktaildb.com. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission and David Wondrich.
