- Man, I'm juicy right now.
(dramatic music)
- Fish House Punch.
This one's another Marine favorite
going all the way back to the birthplace
of the Marines, Philadelphia.
This drink goes all the way back
to the Schuylkill Club, back in Philadelphia,
where the Marines loved it so much,
they brought it with them down
to Norfolk, Virginia, with the Navy.
Once it was there, on the huge biggest
naval base in the world, this became integral
to many, many Marine celebrations.
(plunking)
Famed World War II General,
Victor "Brute" Krulak, called for this cocktail
to be served at every single one of his
birthday celebrations after 1940.
The general's biographer described the punch
as an insidious drink that after two glasses,
causes a peculiar numbness behind the ears.
And after three glasses, the person drinking
the drink, starts to think that they are
the smartest person God has created.
I guess I must drink three, then.
And seeing as General Brute was a scrappy
five-foot-five bulldog Marine that lived
to the age of 95, maybe we should take the
general's advice, and try it out for ourselves.
All right, let's make it! (pounding)
So we're gonna shake this rum punch up.
And like any good rum punch, it starts with rum.
Use some nice, gold rum here, Bacardi,
and get two ounces of this.
Blend.
Flew.
Then we get some peach brandy in here.
Two ounces.
One.
Two.
And then some Cognac.
Beautiful French Cognac here.
One ounce.
That's nice.
One ounce of the Cognac.
You got really nice Cognac.
This is good.
And then we're gonna get some citrus down
because you know I like to keep it--
Whoa! (laughing)
Hey man, you can't make an omelet
without breaking a couple bottles. (laughing)
That's all right.
(fast music)
(claps)
So we got our alcohol down, we got our booze down.
Get some lemon in there.
Remember our trick, right?
Cut the lemon in half, then cut off the other
end like that.
Boom!
Citrus.
(bell rings)
Then get this part in here like this.
A little too big, but that's all right.
Then squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.
Get a little of that mist.
Get a little of that lemon mist out of there.
You know what I'm saying?
OK, we'll get a lime going.
Same thing.
We'll cut off the chew.
Squeeze, man look at all that, oh, man.
It's because they're warming up.
Citrus is warming up in the sun,
getting nice and juicy.
That's another tip.
Throw your citrus in the microwave for
about ten seconds, roll it out, cut it.
You can get so much more juice out of that.
You're welcome.
Buy this shirt!
All right, we got lime in there, lemon in there.
Looking like grog to me, baby!
Hoo rah!
Navy, Navy thing.
All right, then we're just gonna shake it
with some ice.
- (Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice) Cool!
(chuckling)
(Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice) Cool!
- This would be a nice cocktail to bring
to the beach, drink with your friends.
A little agave, sweeten it up a little bit.
So I'm gonna shake this up, but then I'm
going to pour the whole thing, ice and all--
- (Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice) Cool!
- Into my rum punch glass.
Shake it.
(ice shaking)
- [Announcer] Wasted!
(beeping)
(ice shaking)
- Foamed up nice.
Now that is a rum punch!
This is to you, General Brute!
Try it.
Aah!
Semper fi!
It's good.
(coughing)
Try?
- [Crew Member] Gonna have to get Skee to do it.
- All right, this is mine for the rest
of the day then, I guess.
Next Friday, we're gonna be making
another military cocktail.
Let us know in the comments below,
the military cocktail you want us to make.
And, let us know all those great military
stories you want us to make into cocktails.
Cheers!
(popping)
- [Crew Member] Great?
- Yeah, this is a good beverage.