Ingredients

  • 1½ cupsblack tea(brewed strong, cooled)
  • ¾ cupsugar(superfine)
  • 1½ cupsfresh lemon juice(about 12 lemons)
  • 1 bottleJamaican rum(750ml)
  • 1 bottlecognac(750ml)
  • ½ cuppeach brandy(real peach brandy)
  • 🍋lemon wheels, freshly grated nutmeg(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Dissolve sugar in tea while still slightly warm
  2. Add lemon juice and stir well
  3. Add rum, cognac, and peach brandy
  4. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight
  5. Pour into punch bowl over large block of ice
  6. Garnish with lemon wheels and fresh nutmeg
  7. Serve in punch cups

📜 History

Fish House Punch is the oldest known American punch recipe, created in 1732 at the State in Schuylkill fishing club in Philadelphia. George Washington reportedly attended a Fish House dinner in 1787 and was so affected by the punch that he left no diary entries for the following three days. Cocktail historian David Wondrich calls it the most famous punch in American history.