Gothic Punch

Gothic architectural ornament, 1831
Gothic architectural ornament, 1831

(For a party of ten.)

(From a recipe in the possession of Bayard Taylor, Esq.)

  • Four bottles still Catawba
  • One bottle claret
  • Three oranges, or one pineapple
  • Ten table-spoonfuls of sugar
  • Let this mixture stand in a very cold place, or in ice, for one hour or more, then
  • Add one bottle of champagne
How to Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant’s Companion by Jerry Thomas (Formerly principal Bar-tender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Planter’s House, St. Louis), 1862