Please send your best non alcoholic punch recipe that adults can spike with bourbon or rum.
We have some adults who abstain from alcohol and teenagers too who would like a festive drink. I have a gorgeous punch bowl from the 1920s that belonged to my great aunt...I want to use it!
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This is a flavor & serving note, not a recipe.
Get a tried and true Kentucky Derby punch recipe (for the bourbon) or Cuban recipe (for the rum).
The first will point you in the direction of apple or citrus, the second toward tropical fruits.
Make up the punch, leaving out the liquor.
Then have the bartender offer the rum or bourbon to them as wants it.
Then, offer top-quality cream soda or vanilla soda to finish the non-alcohol drinks. That will give them the caramel notes otherwise coming from the alcohols, and the bubbles will set a festive mood.
Also, to distiguish the two, maybe serve eachbit it's own (rented/plastic glass):
Coupes or flutes for fizzy non-alcohol punch.
Old-fashioned glasses for Kentucky Derby or Old Havana punch.
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