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Punch · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 4/5

Tip Top Punch

Tip Top Punch is a champagne-built punch using brandy, curacao, lemon, sugar, and fruit garnish.

brandy · curacao · champagne · party

Served in Large bar glass. Ice: Small lump of ice.

Family

Variants (6)

The Complete Bartender by Albert Barnes (1884, p.10)

0.5 wholelemon — small lemonacid
0.5 pony glassbrandy — Brandybase
1 lumpsugar — loaf sugarbase
Orange — Slices for dressing the top.garnish
pineapple — pine-applegarnish
0.5 pony glasscuracao — Curacoamodifier
champagne — Champagneother
1 lumpice — Small lump.other
  1. Use a large bar glass.
  2. Add the loaf sugar, brandy, curacao, lemon, and a small lump of ice.
  3. Fill the balance of the glass with champagne, stir with a spoon, dress the top with slices of pineapple and orange, and serve with straws.

Garnish: Pineapple and orange slices

Ice: Small lump of ice

Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler (1895, p.96) — George J. Kappeler 1895

2 sliceslemon — lemonacid
1 ponybrandy — brandybase
4 lumpsice — icebase
1 sliceOrange — orangegarnish
1 slicepineapple — pineapplegarnish
champagne — champagneother
1 lumpsugar — sugarsweetener
  1. Put the ice, sugar, lemon, orange, pineapple, and brandy into a long thin glass.
  2. Fill the glass with cold champagne, stir with a long bar-spoon, and sip with straws.

Garnish: Lemon, orange, and pineapple

Ice: Ice

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1908, p.61) — Grohusko 1908

1 dashLemon juice (fresh) — lemon juiceacid
5 lumpice — icebase
Angostura bitters — Genuine Angostura bittersbitter
berries — berriesgarnish
1 sliceorange slice — orangegarnish
2 slicepineapple — pineapplegarnish
champagne — champagneother
1 wholeSugar cube — loaf sugarsweetener
  1. Build the punch in a large bar glass with five lumps of ice, the lemon juice, sugar, pineapple, and orange.
  2. Fill up with champagne, stir well, dress with berries, dash with Angostura bitters, and serve with a straw.

Garnish: Pineapple, orange, and berries

Ice: 5 lumps

Nose
Champagne, citrus, and fruit rise brightly from the glass.
Palate
This is a useful individual-punch checkpoint because it compresses bowl-punch decoration and Champagne service into a single-glass format.
Finish
The finish is sparkling, fruity, and bittersweet.
Summary
An individual Champagne punch from the decorated single-glass branch.

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.84)

1 dashlemon juice base
Angostura bitters — Dash with Genuine Angostura bitters.bitter
berries — Dress with berries.garnish
1 sliceOrange garnish
2 slicespineapple garnish
1 fillchampagne — Fill up with champagne.other
5 lumpsice other
1 lumploaf sugar sweetener
  1. Build the lemon juice, loaf sugar, pineapple, orange, and ice in a large bar glass.
  2. Fill with champagne, stir well, dress with berries, dash with Angostura bitters, and serve with straws.

Garnish: Berries, pineapple, and orange

Ice: 5 lumps ice

The Buffet Blue Book by John H. Considine (1912, p.54)

1 dashlemon juice acid
5 lumpsice base
berries — Dress with berries.garnish
1 sliceOrange garnish
2 slicespineapple garnish
champagne — Fill up.other
1 lumpsugar — loaf sugarsweetener
  1. Build the drink in a large bar glass with ice, lemon juice, loaf sugar, pineapple, orange, and champagne.
  2. Stir well, dress with berries, and serve with a straw.

Garnish: Berries

Ice: Ice

Bartenders' Guide: How to Mix Drinks by Wehman Bros. (1912, p.58)

2 dashlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
1 ponybrandy — Brandybase
4 lumpice — Icebase
fruit — Fruitgarnish
2 sliceOrange — Orangegarnish
2 slicepineapple — Pineapplegarnish
champagne — Champagneother
1 lumpsugar — Sugarsweetener
  1. Combine the ice, brandy, sugar, pineapple, orange, and lemon juice, fill with champagne, stir well, dress with fruit, and serve with a straw.

Ice: Ice

See also: Champagne Punch, Roman Punch