All you have to remember is one simple formula and you’re free to create your own special recipe (or just stick to the original).
Here’s the basic formula to follow:
1 part sour (lime juice)
2 parts sweet (simple syrup and/or grenadine)
3 parts strong (rum)
4 parts weak (water)
It’s a fun little rhyme too, so if you want to sing it while you mix up your punch, it goes, “One part sour, two parts sweet, three parts strong, four parts weak!” Here is the Wates family secret recipe:
- 1 liter Appleton Special or Appleton VX Jamaican red rum
- 500 ml water
- 1 c. lemon juice
- 1 c. sugar
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1/2 nutmeg grated
Honestly it’s just lemon juice and sugar and caramelize the sugar with cinnamon and nutmeg. Add more lemon juice and water till it tastes like warm homemade lemonade then add double the amount of rum as you did water. So for every cup of water it’s two cups of rum.