Allspice Milk Punch

If you’re gathering your friends and family around the fireplace this Christmas Eve, consider serving glasses of an old-fashioned milk punch, which combines dairy and some kind of alcohol, often rum. Here, allspice dram and nutmeg give milk punch a holiday flair. St. Elizabeth allspice dram is stocked at most well-stocked liquor stores.

 

Allspice Milk Punch

 

1 oz. (30 ml) aged rum

1/2 oz. (15 ml) bourbon

1/2 oz. (15 ml) brandy

1/4 oz. (7 ml) allspice dram

4 oz. (125 ml) milk

1 oz. (30 ml) heavy cream

Freshly grated nutmeg for garnish

 

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the rum, bourbon, brandy, allspice dram, milk and cream. Shake until well chilled, about 20 seconds. Strain into a tumbler filled with ice and garnish with the nutmeg. Makes 1 drink.

 

Recipe by Ashley Rose Conway, creator of Craft + Cocktails