As part of Eater's second annual Cocktail Week, bartenders at five Chicago restaurants or bars made a special limited-edition cocktail, served just this week. Today we introduce the House Hot Punch from Will Duncan at Punch House.
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Since opening just over a month ago, Punch House, the Longman & Eagle spinoff underneath Dusek's in Thalia Hall, has only served cold punches. But for Eater's second annual Cocktail Week, beverage director Will Duncan created Punch House's first hot punch and added it to the menu yesterday.
Naming it "House Hot Punch," Duncan uses two rums (Gosling's Black Seal and Smith & Cross Jamaican rum). He describes Gosling's as "sweet, black, and with a pleasant molasses note;" and says Smith & Cross is "funky, complex, and briny."
He mixes the rums with hot gingered green tea, fresh pressed apple juice from neighboring Belli's, honey, and lemon. He finishes the drink with a star anise garnish.
On sale now, Duncan says that nearly every table in Punch House ordered one last night; 27 were sold on a Monday. With the weather turning cool, stop by Punch House down in Pilsen to warm up with a "House Hot Punch" for $10 a glass.
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