Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.221) — Terrington 1869
| 1 pint | Cherry juice — Kentish cherry-juice | base |
| 2 pints | gin — good unsweetened gin | base |
| water or ice — water or shaven ice | dilution | |
| 1 drop | bitter almond essence — essence of bitter almonds | other |
| sugar — Sweeten to taste. | sweetener |
- Mix the Kentish cherry-juice, bitter almond essence, and gin together.
- Sweeten to taste and add water or shaven ice if required.
Ice: Optional
This is one of the fruitiest and most liqueur-adjacent of the gin punches.
Its balance depends heavily on the user-controlled final sweetening and dilution.