There are many various recipes across the Caribbean, but Jamaica is the original home of the Run Punch. In Jamaica we say “one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak” to describe how to make Run Punch. Remember this for the classic Jamaican Rum Punch recipe. This measure can be cups or gallon, but the ratios must be the same. Here are 3 simple recipes following the classic recipe of 1-2-3-4 formula of parts sour, sweet, strong and weak.
Simple Jamaican Rum Punch (Weak)
Ingredients:
- 1 Cup lime or lemon juice
- 2 cups Jamaican white over-proof rum (Appleton) (or other simple syrup), 3 cups white over-proof rum
- 3 cups strawberry flavored syrup (or other simple red colored syrup) -
- 4 Cups water
Simple Jamaican Rum Punch (Sweet)
Ingredients:
- 1 Cup lime or lemon juice
- 2 cups strawberry flavored syrup (or other simple red colored syrup)
- 3 cups Jamaican white rum
- 4 Cups Fruit Juice (Combine 2 cups Pineapple and 2 cups Orange Juice)
Simple Jamaican Rum Punch (Strong)
Ingredients:
- 1 Cup lime or lemon juice
- 2 cups strawberry flavored syrup (or other simple red colored syrup) -
- 3 Cups Fruit Juice (Combine 1 cup Pineapple and 2 cups Orange Juice
- 4 cups Jamaican white rum
Method:
- Mix everything together in a punch bowl
- Taste and adjust.
- Garnish with slices of lime and/or pieces of pineapple
- Place in the refrigerator to chill. Aging improves Rum Punch so we suggest refrigerate and serve after 2 hours
- Serve cold over ice.
- Serves: 10-12
