I’ve been reading David Wondrich’s Punch and I’m in love with the whole idea of punches. Getting a bunch of people together around a big bowl of something tasty and drinking the night away sounds so fun. It also sounds nice to be able to prepare a great drink for everyone without having to spend too much of my time away from my guests shaking up individual drinks.
I’ve mixed up a few batches of Philadelphia Fish House Punch and it’s now one of my favorite drinks. Does anyone here have a favorite punch recipe?
P.S. If you haven’t read Punch or Imbibe!, I wholeheartedly recommend them. David Wondrich is a really fun writer and cocktail history is a really interesting subject (to me, at least).
I have done many pitchers and few punches. Not entirely sure why. But did make a “blood punch” with skull ice for Halloween one year. Cranberry vodka, basically. Cranberry juice, bottle of vodka, OJ concentrate, some Italian blood orange soda. Lemon juice to balance it (was too sweet). And all the skull ice cubes.