Underhill-Lounge

Melba Cocktail
2 Dashes Grenadine. (2/3 teaspoon Homemade Grenadine)
2 Dashes Absinthe. (2/3 teaspoon Verte de Fougerolles Absinthe)
The Juice of 1/4 Lemon or 1/2 Lime. (Juice 1/2 lime)
1/2 Glass Bacardi Rum. (1 oz Montecristo Silver)
1/2 Glass Swedish Punch. (1 oz Homemade Swedish Punsch)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. (If desired add a cherry, preferably Luxardo [...]

Lasky Cocktail
1/3 Grape Juice. (3/4 oz Knudsen’s Just Concord)
1/3 Swedish Punch. (3/4 oz Homeade Swedish Punch)
1/3 Dry Gin. (3/4 oz Plymouth Gin)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Unfortunately, the Lasky caught me between Farmers’ Markets, so I had to use store bought grape juice. The Knudsen Concord Grape juice doesn’t quite have the tartness or [...]

1/6 Orange Juice. (1/2 of 3/4 oz Orange Juice)
1/6 Lemon Juice. (1/2 of 3/4 oz Lemon Juice)
2/3 Swedish Punch. (1 1/2 oz Homemade Arrack Punch)
2 Dashes Grenadine. (1/2 teaspoon Fee’s American Beauty Grenadine)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
I was kind of afraid this would be way too sweet. Fortunately, my oranges are pretty tart, [...]

Here’s a cocktail calling for “Apricot Brandy”.  Apricot Brandy is one of those elusive ingredients, where you never quite know if they are calling for an Apricot liqueur or an Apricot Eau-de-Vie.  To cover my bases, I made it both ways.

Havana Cocktail
1 Dash Lemon Juice.
1/4 Dry Gin. (1/2 oz Northshore Distillers #6)
1/4 Swedish Punch. (1/2 [...]

Grand Slam Cocktail
1/4 French Vermouth. (1/2 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth)
1/4 Italian Vermouth. (1/2 oz Vya Sweet Vermouth)
1/2 Swedish Punch. (1 oz Swedish Punch, eas recipe)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Unless you enjoy drinking lollipops, this is not for you…
The flavor is certainly interesting enough, but it is just too sweet.
Some bitters perhaps? [...]

Full House Cocktail
1/4 Swedish Punch. (generous 1/2 oz homemade)
1/4 French Vermouth. (generous 1/2 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth)
1/2 Bacardi Rum. (generous 1 oz Flor de Cana Extra Dry)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass. (Squeeze Lemon Peel over glass.)
You may recognize this as the Four Flush Cocktail without the grenadine. I suppose, [...]

Four Flush Cocktail
1 Dash Grenadine or Syrup. (homemade)
1/4 French Vermouth. (1/2 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth)
1/4 Swedish Punch. (1/2 oz Carlshamm’s Flaggpunsch)
1/2 Bacardi Rum. (1 oz Flor de Cana Rum)
(1/4 oz Inner Circle Green Rum)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass. (Drop in a cherry garnish.)
Again unable to resist the urge to add [...]

Underhill Punsch–Tales Version
2 750ml Bottles of El Dorado 5 Year Demarara Rum
1 750ml Bottle Batavia Arrack van Oosten.
8 lemons, sliced thin and seeded.
750ml Water.
8 teaspoons Yunnan Fancy China Black Tea.
2 crushed cardamom pods.
4 cups Washed Raw Sugar.
This makes a bit more than 3 litres.
Put sliced lemon in a resealable non-reactive container(s). Pour Rum [...]

C.F.H. Cocktail
1/6 Grenadine (1/2 oz homemade)
1/6 Cederlund’s Swedish Punch (1/2 oz Facile Swedish Punch)
1/6 Calvados (1/2 oz Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy)
1/6 Lemon Juice (1/2 oz fresh lemon juice)
1/3 Burrough’s Beefeater Gin (1 oz Boodle’s Gin)
(Shake and strain into cocktail glass)
Oddly, this recipe has no method instructions and I couldn’t dig up anything on the name.
Anyway, [...]

In the quest to make a Swedish Punch Clone, I had combined two Jerry Thomas recipes and made a variation using Sri Lankan Arrack. While interesting, I later discovered it wasn’t very Similar to Swedish Punch.
I re-used the same procedure recently using Batavia Arrack.
This was what I did:
Underhill Punsch II
1 cup Appleton V/X Rum
1/2 [...]