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The Complete Buffet Guide by V. B. Lewis (1903, p.55) — V. B. Lewis 1903

0.5 wholeLemon juice (fresh) — juice of half a lemonacid
1 jiggerMedford rum base
1 jiggersweet vermouth — vermouthbase
1 dashorange bitters — orange bittersbitter
1 piecePreserved peach — preserved peachgarnish
0.5 glassice — shaved iceother
2.5 dashgum syrup — gum syrupsweetener
  1. Stir the vermouth, Medford rum, orange bitters, gum syrup, muddled lemon juice, and shaved ice well together.
  2. Serve with liquor and preserved peach.

Garnish: Preserved peach

Ice: Shaved ice

Nose
Vermouth herbs and old-style New England rum sit above orange bitters.
Palate
This is a very useful bridge drink: part cocktail, part punch, and part preserved-fruit service, showing how categories overlapped in working practice.
Finish
The finish is herbal, citrusy, and rum-led.
Summary
A vermouth-rum hybrid punch from the overlap between aromatic cocktail logic and dressed bar-glass punch service.

See also: Bar-Glass Punch Family, Saratoga Cocktail