Period Cherry Bounce

[Eleanor Rose]

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Here is Martha Washington's "Excellent Cherry Bounce":

Extract the juice of 20 pounds well ripend Morrella cherrys. Add to this 10 quarts of old french brandy and sweeten it with White sugar to your taste. To 5 gallons of this mixture add one ounce of spice such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmegs of each an Equal quantity slightly bruis'd and a pint and half of cherry kirnels that have been gently broken in a mortar. After the liquor has fermented let it stand close-stoped for a month or six weeks then bottle it, remembering to put a lump of Loaf Sugar into each bottle.

Martha's recipe was found in her papers, but it was not in her handwriting. Her recipe called for brandy. I have read this was one of George's favorite drinks.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

@RobertP, here is a recipe from New Orleans. Is Cherry Bounce popular in your neck of the woods?

 

[mofederal]

This sound like something I would like to try. What is the best double rectified whiskey? it sounds like a long process, 3 months, shaking it everyday also. It does sound potent though.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

A kid friendly version. This one sounds like fun for the holidays.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

This sound like something I would like to try. What is the best double rectified whiskey? it sounds like a long process, 3 months, shaking it everyday also. It does sound potent though.

Not sure, but John Wayne's character Ruben J. "Rooster" Cogburn in True Grit referred to his favorite moonshine as "genuine, double-rectified busthead."

 

[Deleted User CS]

Eleanor. I am very sorry but this recipe sounds to me more like a cough syrup. But I'm sure its quite tasty. Broken cherry stones and morellas? YUK. David.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Eleanor. I am very sorry but this recipe sounds to me more like a cough syrup. But I'm sure its quite tasty. Broken cherry stones and morellas? YUK. David.

You make a good point David!

 

[Deleted User CS]

You make a good point David!

THANK YOU ELEANOR. Every once in a while I contribute something of value to the forum. David.

 

[RobertP]

@RobertP, here is a recipe from New Orleans. Is Cherry Bounce popular in your neck of the woods?

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I've never heard of it but boy it sounds stout! Too much of that sauce might make one do something really stupid, like choppin' down fruit trees!

 

[donna]

Bumped another thread on Cherry Bounce.

Eleanor Rose thanks for these recipes.

 

[Gentizzy]

I live in New Orleans. When I was a child back in the 60s we had a couple of wild cherry trees in our backyard. Some company would come in every year and pay my parents to harvest the cherries. I was told that they were to be used in making cherry bounce.
I've never had it before and I rarely drink hard stuff, but would be curious to try it once.

 

[JohnW.]

Bring on the cough syrup

 

[lelliott19]

I've never heard of it but boy it sounds stout! Too much of that sauce might make one do something really stupid, like choppin' down fruit trees!

Hysterical @RobertP !!!!!

And now we know....

 

[1stMN]

My parents and I recently made something similar to this when we made cherry brandy. It used sour cherries, a lot of sugar, and brandy. Couldn't find sour cherries here so we used regular cherries with less sugar...it turned out spectacularly! It had to ferment for at least a month before we could try it. It was great!

 

[captaindrew]

Here is Martha Washington's "Excellent Cherry Bounce":

Extract the juice of 20 pounds well ripend Morrella cherrys. Add to this 10 quarts of old french brandy and sweeten it with White sugar to your taste. To 5 gallons of this mixture add one ounce of spice such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmegs of each an Equal quantity slightly bruis'd and a pint and half of cherry kirnels that have been gently broken in a mortar. After the liquor has fermented let it stand close-stoped for a month or six weeks then bottle it, remembering to put a lump of Loaf Sugar into each bottle.

Martha's recipe was found in her papers, but it was not in her handwriting. Her recipe called for brandy. I have read this was one of George's favorite drinks.

This is made by a local distillery in Tamworth NH near where my folks live. It's supposedly Martha Washington's cherry bounce recipe. I bought a bottle for my brother for Christmas last year, it was quite good.

 

[JohnW.]

I can't believe that I have never heard of this until @Eleanor Rose posted this thread on Wednesday......I must have found a pretty big rock to hide under

 

[JohnW.]

My parents and I recently made something similar to this when we made cherry brandy. It used sour cherries, a lot of sugar, and brandy. Couldn't find sour cherries here so we used regular cherries with less sugar...it turned out spectacularly! It had to ferment for at least a month before we could try it. It was great!

I don't suppose you could divulge the recipe??? We have a plethora of cherries here in PA during the warmer months of the year. I would rather see as many as possible turned into booze than risk seeing people come down with "Soldier's Disease" that so plagued the 2 armies marching to Gettysburg from overindulgence in ripe cherries right off the tree. .

 

[Belle Montgomery]

Not sure, but John Wayne's character Ruben J. "Rooster" Cogburn in True Grit referred to his favorite moonshine as "genuine, double-rectified busthead."

"I will not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains!" -Mattie Ross

 

[Eleanor Rose]

"I will not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains!" -Mattie Ross

Belle, I'm loving your sense of humor!!!