Fish Club Punch

Fish Club Punch was popular in the Gay Nineties. It is also a specialty of Philadelphia's famed fishing and social club, the State, in Schuylkill, which was founded in 1732 during the reign of George II by a group of amateur anglers and cooks.

Ingredients

• 1/3 pint lemon juice
• 3/4 pound granulated sugar, dissolved in water
• 1/2 pint cognac
• 1/4 pint peach brandy
• 1/4 pint Jamaica rum
• 2 1/2 pints cold water

Instructions

1. Mix well in a punch bowl surrounded with cracked ice.