Smoking Bishop
A Victorian hot port punch with roasted oranges and spice.
Base spirit
Wine
Style
Hot
Glassware
Mug
Technique
Build
Smoking Bishop is a hot port-and-citrus punch associated with Victorian Christmas literature and older English bishop punches. Oranges are roasted or studded with cloves, then combined with port and warm spice. Served hot, it is festive, aromatic, and historical.
Ingredients
Servings
- • 4 oz ruby port
- • 1 oz cognac optional
- • half roasted orange studded with cloves
- • 0.5 oz sugar
- • 1 cinnamon stick
- • pinch allspice
Did you know?
“Smoking Bishop is famously referenced at the end of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol as a reconciliatory Christmas drink.”
Source:Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol; English bishop punch histories
Bartender's Note
Roast clove-studded oranges before combining with warmed port. Do not boil the port.
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How to make the Smoking Bishop
- 1Warm port with sugar and spices
- 2Add roasted clove-studded orange and optional cognac
- 3Steep briefly and strain into a mug
- 4Garnish with orange peel
