Post #393388 by Sparkle Mark on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 10:56 PM

I made a punch bowl size Mai Tai for a party a couple of weeks ago.

Large Punchbowl 3/4 filled with cracked ice
1500 ML Appleton Estate VX
16 Whole limes juices (save juiced rinds for garnish)
400 ML Orgeat (I used Torani)
350 ML orange Curacao
1 bunch of fresh mint washed and de-stemmed
1.5 cups sugar (i used brown sugar)

pre-mix the lime juice with the sugar in a separate bowl
(this is my replacement for the simple syrup, also less water since we're using more ice than normal)
Once the sugar is dissolved you can mix all of the liquids together in a BIG bowl or pot, not the punchbowl full of ice.

This is a large amount & you may need a very large punchbowl to fit it all.
I simply filled my 1.25 gallon punchbowl 3/4 full of cracked ice and then I would replenish the booze mix and ice as needed.

A bowl of the mint sprigs and another bowl of lime rinds and I would garnish each cup of punch as it was ladled out.
It might not be full on authentic, but try hand shaking 60 cocktails for everyone and it'll take forever.

Best
Mark