Best 14 Bourbon Punch Recipes

BOURBON PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine cranberry juice, bourbon and concentrates in a punch bowl. Stir in ginger ale. If desired, garnish with orange and lime slices. Serve over ice.

KENTUCKY DERBY BOURBON PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix bourbon, orange juice concentrate, lemonade concentrate, lemon juice, and maraschino cherry juice together in a pitcher until base is well mixed.
• Pour the base into a punch bowl; add club soda, lemon slices, and maraschino cherry halves.

BOURBON PEACH PUNCH

Steps:

• Fill a medium saucepan with 3 cups of water and add the sugar, cinnamon, allspice and cloves. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the peaches and simmer until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer the peaches and about 1 cup of the liquid to a blender and blend until smooth (be careful when blending hot liquids). Transfer the blended liquid to a pitcher to cool slightly, then add the bourbon. Refrigerate until very cold.
• When ready to serve, add ice cubes to the pitcher and serve in rocks glasses with more ice.

BOURBON FRUIT TEA PUNCH

Steps:

• Brew tea in 2 cups boiling water in a teapot or measuring glass 5 minutes. Remove tea bags; discard. Add sugar to tea; stir to dissolve. Let cool 10 minutes, then transfer to a pitcher. Add orange, pineapple, and lemon juices and 4 cups cold water; stir well to combine. Chill fruit tea until cold, at least 2 hours, or cover and chill up to 2 days.
• To make cocktails, pour 1½ oz. bourbon into each of 8 ice-filled glasses. Add 6 oz. fruit tea to each and stir to combine (you may have tea left over). Garnish with mint sprigs and lemon wheels. Alternatively, combine 6 cups fruit tea and 1½ cups bourbon in a pitcher. Pour among 8 ice-filled glasses; garnish.

APPLE CIDER AND BOURBON PUNCH

Steps:

• Make the syrup: In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar and cinnamon sticks with 1 cup water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer uncovered until sugar has completely dissolved, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let syrup cool; discard cinnamon sticks. (Leftover syrup may be kept refrigerated for a week.)
• Combine syrup, bourbon, apple cider, lemon juice and orange juice in a pitcher. Refrigerate for at least an hour.
• Strain chilled punch into a punch bowl. Add 4 cups of ice and club soda. Garnish with orange wheels. Generously grate nutmeg on top. Serve over ice.

AMARETTO-BOURBON PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine seltzer, bourbon,juices, simple syrup, andamaretto in a punch bowl. Fillwith ice. Garnish withlemon slices and cherries.

BOURBON-PUMPKIN MILK PUNCH

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add half-and-half, bourbon, syrup, and vanilla extract. Shake well.
• Strain mixture into a highball glass and garnish with nutmeg.

BOURBON PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine one 24-ounce bottle nonalcoholic sparkling apple cider with two 12-ounce bottles hard pear cider in a pitcher. Stir in 1 cup bourbon and add ice. Pour into 8 glasses and garnish with sliced pears.

SEA ISLAND BOURBON PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large punch bowl or pitcher, mix together the bourbon, soda water, ginger ale, sugar, maraschino cherry juice, cinnamon, and the lemon and orange peels and juice.
• Serve over ice, with a cherry, piece of candied finger and a sprig of mint.

BOURBON-MILK PUNCH

Steps:

• Pour the milk and half-and-half into a bowl and blend. Add the bourbon and the sugar, according to taste.
• Fill glasses or, preferably, julep cups with ice and pour the punch over the ice. Serve immediately.

SIMPLE SYRUP FOR AMARETTO-BOURBON PUNCH

Steps:

• Bring sugar and water to a boilin a saucepan. Cook, stirring,until sugar dissolves. Let cool.

BOURBON STREET PUNCH

Steps:

• In large pitcher, stir together first 6 ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Cover and refrigerate.
• Just before serving, add soda. Garnish with limes, oranges and grapes.

BOURBON PUMPKIN MILK PUNCH

Steps:

• In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the bourbon, half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla extract. Shake well. Strain into a highball glass and garnish with the nutmeg.

MISSISSIPPI BOURBON PUNCH

Steps:

• Pour muscadine wine, grenadine, bourbon, orange juice, cranberry juice, and lime juice into a punch bowl.
• Stir in ice cubes, lemon-lime soft drink, and club soda.
• Garnish, if desired.