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Holiday Tipples – Castro’s Honey Spiced Punch

December 23rd, 2009

Sure to impress friends and rum-lovers, Castro’s Honey Spiced Punch calls on a few specialty liquors that will keep your friends guessing on the recipe.  If possible, chill all of the base liquors before assembling the punch.

Honey Spiced Punch
Erick Castro, The Rickhouse, San Francisco

1 cup Leblon Cachaca
1/2 cup Appleton V/X
1/2 cup Velvet Falernum
1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup Honey Syrup
1/4 cup simple syrup
8 dashes Angostura
cinnamon sticks
orange wheels
mint sprigs
10 oz. sparkling water
ice block

Add all of the ingredients to a punch bowl except for the sparkling water and ice.  Mix gently.  Top with the sparkling water and ice.

Click here for a link to a CHOW video about doing punch all wrong that features Erick Castro.

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