Port | A fifth x 3.0cl 1.0oz | |
Red wine | A fifth x 3.0cl 1.0oz | |
Water | One cup x 1.0cl 0.33oz | |
Brown sugar | Half a cup | |
Ginger | 1/4 teaspoon | |
Allspice | 1/4 teaspoon | |
Nutmeg | 1/4 teaspoon | |
Orange | 4 | |
Cloves | 20 | |
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Charles Dickens’s drinking knowledge was as epic as his tales, many of which include passing descriptions of the Victorian era’s drinking rituals. The Smoking Bishop happens to fall into a family of punch-style drinks named for the clerical hierarchy. The Pope involved mixing with burgundy while Archbishop employed claret and the Cardinal, champagne. In a final scene from A Christmas Carol, Scrooge turns to Bob Cratchit, his belittled employee, with new eyes and invites him to be merry over a bowl of Smoking Bishop—the word “bishop” was 19th-century code for port—which referred to a roasted clove and orange-infused port punch, warmed and mulled with baking spices and further fortified with red wine.