One of sour, Two of sweet, Three of strong, and, Four of weak is the rhyme Bajan’s use to mix a rum punch.
Bajan rum punch.Drink responsibly. Bajan Rum punch carries the kick of a mule! Don’t be fooled!
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 cups Bajan raw cane sugar syrup (thick)
- 3 cups Bajan rum (Burts preference is Cockspur!)
- 4 cups water
- A few dashes of Angostura Bitters
- Grated nutmeg
- A slice of lemon or lime
- Some also add a glace (cocktail) cherry!
In a pitcher, combine the lime juice, syrup, rum, water, and bitters and stir well. Pour into glasses filled with ice, and sprinkle the nutmeg over the top. Add a slice of lemon or lime and a glace (cocktail) cherry if you must!
There you have it, a Bajan rum punch – just like Sammy the chief barman at the Powell Spring Hotel in Bathsheba used to make! The Barbados Yacht Club rum punch recipe adds 1 shot of Falernum (pronounced fah-learn-um) rum.
PS. The kids too can enjoy this recipe. Just leave out the Rum and the nutmeg. Add a glace cherry on a cocktail stick. This virgin Rum Punch is known to Bajan kids as a Bentley.
Leave out the bitters and rum and use soda water instead of water and now you have a Bajan Lime squash.
1st visit to Southern Palms in 1990, bartender (Sigmund – alas deceased)
1st one – WOW
2nd one – this is moreish
3rd one – how the hell am I going to get up from this chair.
9th revisit this summer.
I was told that Manning, who was the bartender at Paradise Beach Club when I was growing up in the 40s and 50s, made the best rum punch! Apparently there was more than one “best”!
Making some this weekend Uncle William! Gotta practice for when we come down in October ?
See you soon!
Practice makes perfect. Is young Burts licking the spoon yet? Don’t tell Grand and Great Grand Parents!
I love Rum Punch too! But always with the best rum, Mount Gay!
My Daddy says Bajan Rum Punch rocks!
One day soon you will say so too!