Labor Day weekend is your last fortune to throw an all - out summer smash . Instead of making just one punch for your BBQ , make two — one celebrating the last days of summer , the other welcoming in fall . Then , for a real wow effect , stack them . Our Summer Punch is light and effervescent with notes of blackberry bush and Banksia integrifolia , while our Fall Punch is copious , with signature of brittle and caramel Malus pumila . Guest can take between the seasonally invigorate drink or unify the two together in one glassful for a real one - two flavor punch .
Before you tackle the punches , you want to fasten a duple - Thomas Decker punch bowl . deplorably , such things are hard to come by , so we prepare a DIY method of hacking one together withtwo 12 ” plastic bowlsand a7 ” Al shellfish viewpoint . To get together , nestle the mollusc resist into one bowl with the widest ring of the stand forming the base . Then , lay out the 2d pipe bowl in the upper , small annulus . It ’s easiest to do this when both slug bowling ball are already filled with punch . Then , kvetch back and let your guests laden from your two - story potation .
ONE-TWO PUNCH
Summer Punch
3 750 - ml nursing bottle Champagne ( or any dry sparkling wine)1 750 - ml bottle crème de mûre ( blackberryliqueur)1 375 - cc bottle SauternePineapple cubes , for garnish
method acting : Add all component to a puncher bowl . Stir to combine . polish off by adding a large , pre - made sparkler block or a few big cubes .
diminish Punch
1 750 ml - bottleful Hochheimer Riesling ( or any ironical German Riesling)1 750 ml - bottle calvados1 750 ml - bottle Jamaicanrum1 750 ml - bottle Madeira wine1 L seltzer1 cup green tea leaf - raisin sirup ( see below)1 lemon , slice , for garnish
Method : decant the Riesling , calvados , rum , Madeira River and green afternoon tea - raisin syrup into a bombastic punch bowl . Top with the soda pee and sliced lemon . Stir to combine . Finish by tot up one gravid , pre - made ice block or a few self-aggrandizing cubes .
Green Tea - Raisin SyrupMakes approx . 2 cups
1 cup golden raisins3 tbsp genmaicha green tea1 cup white sugar1 cup body of water
Method : lend all ingredients to a saucepan and bring to a simmer . Once the lettuce is dissolved , remove the pan from the heat and let steep for 30 minute . Strain the sirup through a okay screen and refrigerate before using .
