7 Punch Recipes: How to Make Party Punch

Punch is a batched beverage that can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Punch can contain a variety of mixers, like liquors, liqueurs, teas, soda, ginger ale, ginger beer, seltzer, fresh fruit, and fruit juice. Punch is generally prepared in large batches and served at parties in a punch bowl with an ice ring. Guests can pour punch into individual glasses with ice cubes.

From refreshing fruit punches to warm milk punches, consider making ones of the following punch drink recipes for your next birthday party, dinner party, or social gathering:

1. 1. Champagne punch: This fizzy Champagne punch combines sparkling wine or prosecco, vodka, orange juice, pineapple juice, and sparkling water or club soda. To make a non-alcoholic punch, use a sparkling cider and omit the vodka. This punch is perfect for a brunch or a daytime party, like a bridal shower.
2. 2. For Whom the Bellflower Tolls punch: For Whom the Bellflower Tolls is an herby, citrusy punch that combines gin, Assam tea, cherry liquor, Angostura bitters, and lemon oleosaccharum (a simple syrup made out of citrus peels). Garnish with lemon slices.
3. 3. Nectar of Gaia punch: This rum punch combines rum and chamomile tea with lemon juice, lemon oleosaccharum, and hard apple cider. Nectar of Gaia is both herby and fruity.
4. 4. Planter’s punch: This refreshing and fruity punch contains rum, orange juice, pineapple juice, lemon juice, grenadine, simple syrup, and Angostura bitters. Garnish Planter’s punch with mint sprigs, orange slices, pineapple wedges, and/or maraschino cherries.
5. 5. Peruvian sangria: As a former Spanish territory, Peru has its own take on sangria. To make a Peruvian-style sangria, fortify a red wine sangria with Pisco, an unaged brandy. Adding some of the flavors of Chicha Morada, a traditional fermented drink made from purple corn, pineapple, and spices, is another nod to Peruvian culture.
6. 6. Sherbet punch: To make a sherbet punch, prepare a champagne punch with sparkling wine/prosecco, vodka, orange juice, pineapple juice, and lemon-lime soda. Add a few scoops of fruity sherbet to your punch bowl for a sweet, creamy treat with an alcoholic edge.
7. 7. Tom and Jerry punch: Baking spices, whipped into clouds of egg white, meet dark rum and boozy brandy in this frothy, foamy warm milk punch that’s akin to another beloved wintry holiday drink: eggnog. Tom and Jerry is a party punch recipe perfect for your next holiday gathering.
8. 8. Vodka cranberry punch: You can turn the classic Vodka Cranberry drink into a punch party drink by mixing it in a large batch and adding garnishes. To make Vodka Cranberry punch, mix the vodka and cranberry juice, add lime juice or orange juice, and frozen or fresh cranberries. Serve it in a pitcher with an array of garnishes on the side to decorate each glass.

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