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SALTY DOG


Information

  Iba yes
  Name Salty dog
  Type cocktail
  Gin yes
  Served straight
  Garnish Salted glass
  Drinkware cocktail
  Ingredients 1 part Gin
  Prep Stir together and serve in a glass with a salted rim



A Salty Dog is a Cocktail containing Vodka or Gin and Grapefruit juice, served in a glass with a salted rim. The Salt is the only difference between a Salty Dog and a Greyhound .


SATAN'S WHISKERS


Satan's Whiskers is a drink containing Gin , Dry Vermouth , Sweet Vermouth , Orange Juice , Grand Marnier or Curacao , and Orange Bitters . It is shaken and served without ice. There are two versions, "straight" with Grand Marnier and "curled" with Curacao .

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PLANTER'S PUNCH



Information

  Iba yes
  Name Planter's Punch
  Type cocktail
  Rum yes
  Served rocks
  Garnish Lemon and Orange slices
  Drinkware highball
  Ingredients 6cl (6 parts) dark Rum
  Prep Mix in shaker with ice Pour into glass and top up with soda water Garnish and serve



History


The first known print reference to Planter's Punch is in the August 8, 1908 edition of the New York Times:

"PLANTER'S PUNCH"

  • This recipe I give to thee,

  • Dear brother in the heat.

  • Take two of sour (lime let it be)

  • To one and a half of sweet,

  • Of Old Jamaica pour three strong,

  • And add four parts of weak.

  • Then mix and drink. I do no wrong--

  • I know whereof I speak.



Other Drink References


"The Gleaner", (1921)


"A planters' punch is made of pure Jamaica rum, a little cane syrup, cracked ice along with a slice of native pineopple and orange to make it more attractive."


"1800 And All That" by R. de Fleury, 1937


No. 1843

Planter's Punch--no.1

Recipe by "Slippery", Myrtle Bank Hotel, Kingston.

This drink is very popular on the Island of Jamaica, and principally at Kingston. It is made of:

  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar Syrup

  • The Juice of a fresh Lime

  • 1 Wineglass Bacardi Rum


Shake well; strain into a tumbler, and grate Nutmeg and a pinch of Red Pepper on top. No Soda whatever.


"Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide," Vic Bergeron, 1947


  • 3 oz. dark rum

  • 1/2 oz. grenadine

  • barspoon of bar sugar

  • juice of a small lime

  • juice of 1/2 lemon


Stir with crushed ice and strain into a collins glass 2/3 full of same


VARIATIONS


The Golden Glow cocktail is a variation of Planter's punch popular in the southeastern United States. The addition of Bourbon and Grenadine creates a distinctive color variation from dark to light orange.


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