Fish House Punch

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 3 lemons

  • 1 cup black tea

  • 1 cup water

  • 1/2 cup lemon juice

  • 12 oz aged rum

  • 12 oz bourbon

  • 1/2 oz Crude Bitters

Peel lemons (set lemons aside), and place the peels in a quart-sized mason jar with the cup sugar. Stir to cover all peels in sugar, and then muddle. Seal, shake, and let sit for 1 hours. This is oleo saccharum.

Punch: Add 1/2 cup lemon juice to the oleo jar, seal and shake until remaining sugar is dissolved. Strain peels and pour liquid into a punch bowl. Add black tea, water, alcohols, and bitters to punch bowl, and stir to mix. Add ice to chill, and add smaller pieces of ice for desired dilution.

Crude Bitters and Sodas