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Punch · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 3/5

Monte Carlo Punch

Daly's Monte Carlo Punch is a claret-topped single-glass punch built on brandy, orange juice, and Benedictine.

sweet · citrus · herbal · dark_fruit · formal · refreshing

Served in Punch glass. Ice: Shaved ice.

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Variants (2)

Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.35)

1 pony glassbrandy base
1 orangeorange juice — Juice of one whole orange.base
1 dashBenedictine — benedictinemodifier
claret — Fill the glass with claret.other
ice — shaved iceother
1 spoonfulsugar sweetener
  1. Add the orange juice, sugar, brandy, Benedictine, and shaved ice to a punch glass.
  2. Fill with claret, spoon well, add a spray of mint and fruit in season, and serve with straws.

Garnish: Mint and fruit in season.

Ice: Shaved ice

Daly explicitly links this formula to Monte Carlo club service, making it a useful named luxury-punch witness.

The claret top-up and straw service matter as much as the spirit base.

The Reminder by Jacob A. Didier (1909, p.71) — Didier 1909

1 ponybrandy — brandybase
0.5 wholeOrange juice (fresh) — orange juicebase
2 dashBenedictine modifier
Claret (Bordeaux red wine) — claret wineother
1 spoonfulsugar — sugarsweetener
  1. Use a punch glass.
  2. Add the orange juice, sugar, Benedictine, and brandy.
  3. Fill with fine ice, stir, fill the balance with claret wine, dress with fruit, and serve with straws.

Garnish: Fruit

Ice: Fine ice

This helps show how wine-topped, cordial-accented single-glass punches remain active in 1909 bar practice.

See also: Knox Punch, Columbus Punch