Colonel Beach's Plantation Punch

Material Components

  • 1 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 2 ounces pineapple juice
  • 2 ounces ginger beer
  • 2 ounces aged pot still rum
  • 1 ounce aged column still rum
  • 1/2 ounce aged blended rum
  • 1/2 ounce falernum
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • 6 drops pernod
  • 4 ounces crushed ice

Vessel

tall mug or Collins glass

Garnish

pineapple chunk and mint sprig

Preparation

  1. Shake everything except the ginger beer with crushed ice.
  2. Pour ginger beer into the shaker and stir.
  3. Pour unstrained into a tall glass with 3 or 4 ice cubes.
  4. Add more crushed ice to fill, if necessary.
  5. Garnish with a pineapple chunk and a sprig of mint.

Notes

Colonel Beach was "punching" above his rank with this 1930s version of the plantation classic.

For rums, I used Plantation Xaymaca, Bacardi 8, and Hamilton 86 this time around. The Fever Tree ginger beer I had on hand is very spicy and came through a little strong, but the overall effect was still great.