Fish House Punch is a strong, rum-based cocktail containing containing rum, Cognac, and peach brandy. The drink is typically served over an ice block in a punch bowl and garnished with lemon slices.
This most venerable of American flowing bowls is held to have been first concocted in 1732 at Philadelphia’s fishing club, the Schuylkill Fishing Company also known as the "Fish House". The Fish House was an august gentleman's society devoted to escap...
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Fish House Punch is a strong, rum-based cocktail containing containing rum, Cognac, and peach brandy. The drink is typically served over an ice block in a punch bowl and garnished with lemon slices.
This most venerable of American flowing bowls is held to have been first concocted in 1732 at Philadelphia’s fishing club, the Schuylkill Fishing Company also known as the "Fish House". The Fish House was an august gentleman's society devoted to escaping domestic tribulation, but also to cigars, whiskey and the occasional fishing foray upon the Chesapeake or the Restigouche River in Nova Scotia. Another version states that it was created in 1848 by Shippen Willing of Philadelphia, to celebrate the momentous occasion of women being allowed into the premises of the "Fish House" for the first time in order to enliven the annual Christmas Party. It was supposed to be just something to please the ladies' palate but get them livelier than is their usual wont.
This punch — containing rum, Cognac,...
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