Punch-style drink recipes

Amer Picon Punch recipe

Fill old-fashioned glass with ice. Pour in grenadine and Amer Picon. Fill glass with soda, leaving room for brandy. Float brandy on top of drink.

April's Summertime Punch recipe

Pour the cherry vodka, lime vodka and orange juice into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, and serve.

Bolshoi Punch recipe

Pour the vodka, lemon juice, powdered sugar, rum and creme de cassis into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, strain into an old-fashioned glass almost filled with ice cubes, and serve.

Hot Whiskey Punch recipe

Peel and slice the lemons; place the peel into a large non-reactive saucepan. Add sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves and 3 cups of water. Set over a medium-high heat and stir frequently to dissolve the sugar. Allow the water to reach the boil, then turn heat down to minimum. Simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the mixture and return to the pan. Add the whiskey and heat but do not boil. Serve in Irish coffee glasses with a slice of peeled lemon in each. Makes 8 (6-ounce) Irish coffee glasses.

Mountain Berry Punch recipe

Combine the Jack Daniel's tennessee whiskey, blueberry and raspberry schnapps, strawberry liqueur, cranberry juice and sour mix in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, and strain into a cocktail glass. Add a splash of 7-up. Float the cherry brandy on top. Garnish with an orange twist and a maraschino cherry, and serve.