Mississippi Punch Is Made For Summer Sipping

Name: Mississippi Punch Is Made For Summer Sipping
Total time: 3 min
Ingredients: 2 fl. oz. (1/4 cup) cognac or brandy; 1 fl. oz. (2 Tbsp.) bourbon; 1 fl. oz. (2 Tbsp.) dark rum; 1 fl. oz. (2 Tbsp.) fresh lemon juice; 2 tsp. honey

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Sip slowly. Mississippi punch is potent.

By

Ann Taylor Pittman

Published on June 7, 2024

Southern Living Mississippi Punch in glasses to serve — Photo:
Caitlin Bensel, Food Stylist: Torie Cox

Active Time:

3 mins

Total Time:

3 mins

Servings:

1

Some cocktails come and go with the fashions, and some cocktails are forever—well, nearly forever. Mississippi punch dates back more than 160 years to when it first appeared in Jerry Thomas's Bon Vivant's Companion.

This refreshingly sippable drink is made with a wide array of ingredients that would have been sourced from all over those early United States—brandy from France, rum from the Caribbean, bourbon from Kentucky, and so on. Today, it's coming back into popularity thanks to shows like Palm Royale, along with other timeless tipples like the grasshopper and a gin Rickey. This drink is potent, we'll remind you, so sip slowly, and enjoy.

Ingredients

2 oz. (1/4 cup) cognac or brandy
1 oz. (2 Tbsp.) bourbon
1 oz. (2 Tbsp.) dark rum
1 oz. (2 Tbsp.) fresh lemon juice
2 tsp. honey
Ice

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker; shake until honey dissolves. Add ice to shaker; shake vigorously for 20 shakes. Strain into an ice-filled glass.

Mississippi Punch Is Made For Summer Sipping

Ingredients

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