Planter's Punch - The Original Tiki Drink - Tiki Drinks and Food

H Hakalugi Special Tiki Central Agent Redondo Beach, CA Joined: Aug 10, 2004 Posts: 3465	H Hakalugi Posted posted on Fri, Jan 27, 2012 10:54 AM Thanks to Donn Beach, Planter's Punch is the father of many Tiki Drinks. An excerpt from an article with Jeff Berry. "Donn was exposed to the rum-based Planter’s Punch at the Myrtle Bank Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. It’s a drink that’s based on a more than 100-year-old axiom: One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak. “Donn took this bit of rhyme as his foundation for the 70 drinks on his menu—the sour would be lime, the sweet would be sugar, the strong would be rum, and the weak would be water,” Full article here: http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/02/drink-in-paradise.html

Thanks to Donn Beach, Planter's Punch is the father of many Tiki Drinks.

An excerpt from an article with Jeff Berry.

"Donn was exposed to the rum-based Planter’s Punch at the Myrtle Bank Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. It’s a drink that’s based on a more than 100-year-old axiom: One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak. “Donn took this bit of rhyme as his foundation for the 70 drinks on his menu—the sour would be lime, the sweet would be sugar, the strong would be rum, and the weak would be water,”

Full article here:
http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/02/drink-in-paradise.html

Post #622616 by Hakalugi on Fri, Jan 27, 2012 10:54 AM