1902 Red Top Rye by Ferdinand Westheimer and Sons

a perfectly clean skillet the wine and half a pint of water, then set this on the fire. Mix the whites and yolks of the eggs in bowl with the balance of the water and beat together thoroughly. When the wine begins to boil, pour it on the mixture in the bowl, add the nutmeg and stir briskly. Be sure and not pour the mixture into the wine, or the eggs will curdle. Sugar and a little allspice can be added, if desired. Boil a large pot of strong, black cof fee. Put four pounds sugar in a good-sized dish, then pour four bottles of Brandy and two bottles of Jamaica Rum over the sugar. Set this on fire, allowing the sugar to dissolve and drop into the black coffee. Stir well, and the result is a hot punch. PUNCH.

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