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Barbados Rum Punch

Barbados Rum Punch

Classic

The island's classic of sour, sweet, strong, and weak.

ClassicPartySummerTropical
3 minEasyLight

Soft, citrusy, and gently sweet, with warm rum, aromatic bitters, and a fragrant nutmeg top. Easy drinking and built to share.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Gold Rum
  • 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 0.75 oz Simple Syrup
  • 1.5 oz Water
  • 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • Nutmeg · optional garnish

Method

  1. 1

    Add the rum, lime juice, simple syrup, water, and bitters to a shaker with ice.

  2. 2

    Shake briefly to chill.

  3. 3

    Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.

  4. 4

    Grate fresh nutmeg over the top.

The Story

Barbadian rum punch is remembered by a rhyme: one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak. Lime, sugar, rum, and water, finished with bitters and nutmeg, make the simplest punch in the Caribbean, and every household has its own proportions.

Glass · Highball glassGarnish · Nutmeg