# Alcoholic Punch Recipes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-punch-recipes/759028>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 3, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-punch-recipes/759028 "2016-07-03T21:20:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-punch-recipes/759028/1 "2016-07-03T21:20:36Z")

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What are your favorite alcoholic punch recipes?

We are headed camping this week and are looking for something refreshing of which to indulge.

Actual fruit isn’t necessary, and we prefer something other than sangria.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-punch-recipes/759028/2 "2016-07-03T21:39:17Z")

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One of sour; two of sweet; three of strong; four of weak. What else do you need to know?

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**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-punch-recipes/759028/3 "2016-07-03T22:14:09Z")

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^Five for spice.

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-punch-recipes/759028/4 "2016-07-04T01:23:03Z")

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Engineer Punch

(From the U.S. Army Engineer Museum)

Cherry brandy or Cordial 1/2 bottle  
Fruit Punch 1 1/4 quart  
Sparkling Water 1 1/4 quart  
Cognac 1/2 bottle  
White wine 2 bottles  
Champagne 2 bottles

Now that’ll put a spark in your gunpowder!

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-punch-recipes/759028/5 "2016-07-04T05:05:29Z")

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1. Open Beer.

I’m not much help.