Planter's Punch

Yield: 1.0 Glass: Highball or hurricane glass, 12–16 oz
Scale this recipe

Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.

classic cocktail rum tropical shaken seeded
Ingredients
  • 2 oz dark rum
  • 1 oz fresh lime juice
  • 0.75 oz simple syrup
  • 2 dash Angostura bitters
  • Mint sprig, for garnish
Instructions
Shake with ice and strain over crushed ice.

Behind the drink

A little history

1800s Jamaica

Planter’s Punch is a Jamaican rum-punch tradition rather than one fixed recipe. Nineteenth-century formulas eventually inspired the memorable rhyme: one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, and four of weak.

Planter’s Punch history