Fish House Punch
One of the finest flavour matches around, peach liqueur with rum and cognac. Don’t be deceived by the flavour, there are no mixers, just booze with booze.
The Fish House Club on the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia created this punch some time in the 1700’s, reputably the recipe was given to the club by one of its founders, George Washington. The drink was prepared as a lunchtime punch bowl that would sit on the bar and be slowly emptied by thirsty customers. George Washington himself declared that this punch was the only way to celebrate national holidays. Indeed, at several viewing of the troops, the corps would be presented to the President before moving away to where huge cauldrons of this punch had been prepared. It is no surprise that the President would get three rousing cheers from the soldiers. Lemon juice, Jamaican rum, Peach Brandy, cognac and water, this is a true military drink, simple and very very strong.
