Trader Vic’s Planter’s Punch recipe

Name: Trader Vic’s Planter’s Punch
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz Aged Jamaican Rum; 1 oz Pineapple Juice; 1 oz Fresh Orange Juice; 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice; 0.5 oz Grenadine; 2 dashes Angostura Bitters

A fruit-forward Trader Vic-style Planter’s Punch with rum, pineapple, orange and grenadine.

Method: Shake · Glass: Collins glass · Time: 4 min · Difficulty: Intermediate · Family: Tiki & Tropical

Ingredients

2 oz Aged Jamaican Rum
1 oz Pineapple Juice
1 oz Fresh Orange Juice
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz Grenadine
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

How to make a Trader Vic’s Planter’s Punch

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
Shake hard until very cold.
Strain over fresh crushed ice in a Collins glass.
Garnish with mint and an orange slice.

Garnish

Mint sprig and orange slice.

Pro tip

Fresh lime provides the structure. Do not compensate with extra grenadine or the drink will lose its punch-like brightness.

History of the Trader Vic’s Planter’s Punch

Trader Vic’s mid-century tiki approach helped popularize fruitier interpretations of the older Planter’s Punch formula.

Flavour profile

Tropical, Orange, Pineapple, Rum

Variations

Planter's Punch — Return to the classic rum, citrus, sugar and bitters structure
Jasper’s Jamaican Planter’s Punch — Use a Jamaican style built around Jasper’s Mix

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