Devin's History Lesson and Rum Punch

After posting yesterdays rum punch recipe I decided it was in fact crap so I enlisted my friends Devin and Christine who used to run one of my fav places on the island www.laluna.com and are currently globe trotting and being all around rockstars. Anyway, Devin makes or in this case made the best cocktails in Grenada so I wrote and asked him to contribute to the blog. The following is the history of planters and rum punch and a recipe for Devin's rum punch. Some of this info was taken from other internet sites and we're not plagarizing but he's not a bookmarker either so no idea where it came from. The rum punch recipe is authentically Devins' though.

Grenada Style Rum Punch by Devin:

The old rule of one sour, two sweet, three strong, four weak still applies in achieving a well balanced rum punch cocktail. But, as the Grenadian version is closer to a planter’s punch recipe it uses more fruit juices so you must use less sweet (simple syrup) or it will be too sweet and “off balance”.

Grenada Rum Punch Recipe

Use a large cup to measure the parts:

1 part sour = fresh squeezed lime juice

2 part sweet = 1.3 parts simple syrup, .2 parts grenadine, .5 water(to balance the sweetness from the fruit juices)

3 part strong = 1 each clarke’s court strong rum (rocket fuel), clarkes court superior white, clarke’s court special dark (or old grog)

4 parts weak = 1 each OJ, Pineapple juice, Guava juice, & whatever else is local and fresh (golden apple, carambola or star fruit, papaya)

*the secret ingredient from the isle of spice is spice of course. Grate cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger into your large container of Grenada Rum Punch.

*The other secret is to let it cure…….this takes time, so make your rum punch and leave it under your counter in a cupboard for a month or two for the flavors to break down and mingle. The color of the punch will change during this process.

Enjoy with lots of ice and top with fresh grated nutmeg.

This recipe was created and pimped by Devin Nelles

When you experience real rum punch you will know you have been pimped by Devin!

Who’s Your Daddy? Sizzler!

Thanks Devin and Christine for your recipes! Will skype you two sizzlers later! We miss you

Word of the day: Sizzler meaning someone's brain who has been pickled by too much rum punch, sun or ganga...Can be used when you do anything excessively stupid! Also created by Devin and Christine!