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Expand1 cup cane sugar Ask a question about this ingredient
1 cup water Ask a question about this ingredient
2-3 quarter-sized slices peeled fresh ginger Ask a question about this ingredient
In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, water and ginger to a boil. Simmer for a minute until the sugar has dissolved, let cool and remove the ginger.
Ask a question about this step1/2 cup ginger-scented simple syrup, reserving the rest as needed Ask a question about this ingredient
8 cups freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, preferably Ruby Red, chilled Ask a question about this ingredient
4 cups Jack Daniel's or other Tennessee sour mash whiskey, or more, depending on how frisky you want everyone to be Ask a question about this ingredient
2 teaspoons Regans' Orange Bitters No. 6, more to taste Ask a question about this ingredient
2 12-ounce cans seltzer or club soda, chilled Ask a question about this ingredient
1/4 cup St. Germaine Ask a question about this ingredient
a bunch of mint sprigs Ask a question about this ingredient
In a punch bowl, mix together a half-cup simple syrup, the grapefruit juice, Jack Daniel's, bitters, seltzer and St. Germaine. The sweetness will depend on the sweetness of the grapefruit, you can add more simple syrup as needed.
Ask a question about this stepTo keep it cold, you can make an ice ring by freezing some water in a bundt pan and then sliding it into the punch bowl so it floats around, iceberg-like . If you feel ambitious, you can add a jar of good cocktail cherries and mint sprigs to the ice ring before you freeze it so it looks festive. Or you can just use a bunch of ice cubes. The ice ring is a nice touch, though. Sister Mary Daniel would have approved.
Ask a question about this stepSurround the punch bowl with some pretty glasses into which you have placed mint sprigs (my Kentucky friends won't drink bourbon unless it has mint sprigs) and put on some slow-dancing music for the guests. Something like "On Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men, or "This I Swear" by Nick Lachey, and, of course, "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers. And don't forget to leave room for ....
Ask a question about this stepMMM! thanks for the stroll down memory lane! And you are right...no proud Kentuckian would touch bourbon with out a mint sprig.
Thanks Lori! My favorite recipe for mint juleps: 1 1/2 ounces Kentucky bourbon, one mint sprig with several leaves, a teaspoon superfine sugar, one glass filled with crushed ice. Discard the mint and the sugar. Pour the bourbon over the ice. Drink.
The story is hilarious, I remember those mixers the punch sounds really good, love the pink grapefruit, I think the nuns would approve.
Speaking of which, if anyone needs to email me, it's wssmom@aol.com ....
yum! loving the pink grapefruit juice. and the booze. Hey, do you have a gmail account?? your messages will work if you try that. That's what I had to do.
I am switching over to gmail since I heard that news....wssmom is your punch entered in the contest? I don't see it. the story alone is worth a finalist spot - not to mention the punch sounds killer.
Wow! I look forward to having a glass of this with you some time in the future. The peartinis were an auspicious sign!
Me too! I've been trying to message you forever now. If you want, message me your e-mail.
This sounds really good, wssmom! Love that you used grapefruit juice.
Dorie is a food writer and award-winning author of ten cookbooks, her most recent being Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours.
Love this, wssmom! We were definitely thinking and drinking along the same lines w/Jack and grapefruit. I bet a glass of this is delicious and dangerously sneaky.