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Punch · Shaken · Historical · complexity 3/5

Eldorado Punch

Considine's Eldorado Punch is a split-base punch with Bourbon, Jamaica rum, brandy, sugar, and lemon.

split-base · citrus · orange · refreshing

Served in Thin glasses. Ice: Ice.

Variants (2)

The Buffet Blue Book by John H. Considine (1912, p.31)

2 dasheslemon juice — lemonacid
0.5 ponybourbon base
0.5 ponybrandy base
0.5 bar glassice base
0.5 ponyJamaica rum base
1 sliceOrange — orange slicegarnish
0.5 spoonfulpowdered sugar sweetener
  1. Shake the ice, brandy, Bourbon, Jamaica rum, powdered sugar, and lemon well.
  2. Strain into thin glasses, garnish with a slice of orange, and serve with a straw.

Garnish: Orange slice

Ice: Ice

Cocktails by Pedro Chicote (1928, p.304) — Eldorado=Ponche

1 vasitocognac — coñacbase
2 piecesice — pedacitos de hielobase
0.5 vasitorum — ronbase
0.5 vasitowhisky — whiskybase
Seltzer water — agua de seltzdilution
Seasonal fruit — frutas del tiempogarnish
1 tablespoonsugar — azucarsweetener
  1. Shake well, pour into a large glass, and top with seltzer.
  2. Add a lemon slice.

Garnish: Lemon slice

Ice: Ice

This matters because it preserves a three-spirit summer punch in the Madrid bar manual.

The source treats it as a shaken punch finished in the serving glass with seltzer.

See also: Rum Punch, Bicycle Punch

Built conservatively from damaged OCR.