Planters Punch is a cocktail made of Jamaican rum, fresh lime juice, and sugar cane juice. The cocktail has been said to have originated at the Planters Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, but actually originated in Jamaica.
Spirit Used
Rum
Ingredients
3 ounces dark Rum
2 ounces pineapple juice
1 ounce simple syrup
¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
¼ ounce grenadine
1 ½ tsp Angostura bitters
Club soda, to top off
Ice
Mint sprig, maraschino cherry, and orange slice for garnish
Recipe
1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, rum, juices, simple syrup, grenadine, and bitters.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice.
4. Garnish with mint sprig, maraschino cherry, and orange slice.
