Hot Milk Punch
Source:
Bartender's Manual or How To Mix Drinks of the Present Style
page:
75
1
table-spoon
sugar
Ingredient: sugar
What it is: AdditiveMany 19th century recipes specifically called for white sugar, which is more refined and preferred over browner sugars. But modern white sugar is probably too refined, making raw cane sugar the best, easily available choice.
1/4
wine-glass
St. Croix rum
Ingredient: St. Croix rum
Also Known As: Santa Cruz rum, Virgin Island rum What it is: RumRum produced in Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Typically light rums with a sharp flavor.
3/4
wine-glass
brandy
if desired use Jamaica rum instead of 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
large bar glass
milk
fill the glass with boiling hot milk
(Use a large bar glass.)
Ingredient: milk
What it is: AdditiveOpaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals.
Stir up well with a spoon, grate a little nutmeg over it and serve.
In mixing this drink you must never use the shaker; if hot milk is not handy, use a tea-spoonful of condensed milk, and fill the balance with hot water; this will answer in place of hot milk.
