Ingredients

  • 1 bottledark rum(750ml)
  • 1 bottlecognac(750ml)
  • 1 cupbourbon
  • 1½ cupsfresh lemon juice
  • 1 cupbrown sugar(dissolved in tea)
  • 2 cupsstrong black tea(cooled)
  • 2 bottlesbrut Champagne(added before serving)
  • 🍋lemon wheels, orange wheels(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Dissolve brown sugar in warm tea and let cool
  2. Combine rum cognac bourbon and lemon juice
  3. Add tea mixture and stir well
  4. Refrigerate overnight
  5. Pour into punch bowl over block ice
  6. Add chilled Champagne
  7. Serve in punch cups
  8. Warn guests of potency

📜 History

Chatham Artillery Punch was created by the Chatham Artillery regiment of Savannah Georgia one of the oldest military units in America. The punch became famous for its potency made with rum brandy bourbon AND Champagne. General Robert E Lee himself was reportedly laid low by this punch.