Ale Punch
Source:
The Bartender's Guide: How To Mix Drinks
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1
quart
ale
Ingredient: ale
What it is: BeerAle is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a top-fermenting brewers' yeast.
1
wine-glass
white wine
Ingredient: white wine
What it is: WineAlcoholic beverage typically made of fermented grape juice. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are used depending on the type of wine being produced.
1
wine-glass
brandy
Ingredient: brandy
What it is: BrandyBrandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn—"burnt wine") is a spirit produced by distilling wine, the wine having first been produced by fermenting grapes. Brandy generally contains 35%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink. While some brandies are aged in wooden casks, most are colored with caramel coloring to imitate the effect of such aging.
1
wine-glass
capillaire
Ingredient: capillaire
Also Known As: capillary What it is: SyrupSyrup made with dried maindenhair fern, sugar and orange flower water. Not commercially available, but can be approximated by combining orange flower water, Curaçao or Triple sec to simple syrup.
nutmeg
grated
Ingredient: nutmeg
What it is: SpiceSeed from an evergreen tree indigenous to the Banda Islands in the Moluccas of Indonesia, or Spice Islands. Nutmeg is the actual seed of the tree while mace is the dried "lacy" reddish covering or arillus of the seed. Nutmeg and mace have similar taste qualities, nutmeg having a slightly sweeter and mace a more delicate flavour. Nutmeg is a tasty addition to cheese sauces and is best grated fresh (see nutmeg grater). Nutmeg is a traditional ingredient in mulled cider, mulled wine, and eggnog.
bread
toasted
Ingredient: bread
What it is: AdditiveFresh bread is prized for its taste, aroma, quality and texture. The word itself, Old English "bread", is common in various forms to many Germanic languages; such as Frisian "brea", Dutch "brood", German "Brot", Norwegian and Danish "brød"; it has been claimed to be derived from the root of brew.
A quart of mild ale, a glass of white wine, one of brandy, one of capillaire, the juice of a lemon, a roll of the peel pared thin, nutmeg grated on the top, and a bit of toasted bread.