Hot Buttered Rum

2 oz Jamaica or other dark rum
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp allspice and cloves
1 tsp butter

Fill a mug with the above and stir; then add 3-4 oz boiling water.

Hot Toddy

2 oz spirit (recommend: dark rum, Cognac, single malt Scotch [esp. if peaty], Irish whiskey, genever, rye, bourbon)
1 tsp demarara sugar
3/4 oz hot water

Stir in an earthenware mug.

Daisy (early 20th c.)

2 oz spirit
1/4 oz lime juice
1/4 oz lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
1 tsp grenadine
1 splash soda water

In a metal mug, combine all but soda with ice, and stir until mug is frosted. Top with soda water. Decorate with fresh fruit and slapped mint. Serve with straws.

Daisy (19th c.)

2 oz spirit
1 tsp simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp curacao
soda water

Shake all but soda; strain into a cocktail glass; fill with soda.

National Guard 7th Regiment Punch

2 oz brandy
2 oz white zinfandel
2 tsp simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 tsp raspberry syrup
orange, pineapple, berries
1/2 tsp Jamaica rum

Shake all but fruit and rum; ornament with fruit; float rum; serve with a straw.

Mississippi Punch

2 oz brandy
1 oz Jamaica rum
1 oz bourbon
1/2 oz confectioners' sugar
1/2 oz lemon juice
orange
berries

Shake well; ornament with orange slice and fresh berries. Sip through a straw.

Cold Whiskey Punch

3 oz bourbon or rye
1 tsp powdered sugar with a little water
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 tsp Jamaican rum

Shake with shaved ice, and strain into a punch glass. Garnish with thin slices of lemon and seasonal fruit.

Curacao Punch

2 oz brandy
1 oz Jamaica rum

1/2 oz curacao

2 tsp simple syrup

~1/2 oz lemon juice

2 slices orange

1 piece pineapple

fresh berries

Combine all but berries, and shake with ice; garnish with fruit.

Modernista

2 oz Scotch
1/2 oz Jamaican rum
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1-2 dashes absinthe
1-2 dashes orange bitters

Shake; strain; lemon twist; marasca cherry.

Missing Link

1 1/2 oz amber or Jamaican rum
1 oz triple sec
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.