Drinks
Trader Vic’s Planter’s Punch
A sparkling take on an island classic.
Photo: Johnny Autry
Ingredients
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2 oz. Jamaican rum (preferably Appleton, Hamilton, or Hampden)
½ oz. grenadine
1 oz. fresh lime juice (save ½ lime shell for garnish)
½ oz. fresh lemon juice
¼ tsp. sugar
Soda water to top
Preparation
Place all ingredients except soda water into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until sugar is dissolved and drink is chilled, then pour into a 12-ounce collins glass filled with cracked ice and a squeezed lime shell. Fill with soda water, stir gently, and serve with a straw. Tiny umbrella optional.
This article appears in the June/July 2020 issue of Garden & Gun. Start your subscription here or give a gift subscription here.
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