Fantastic fruit punch with a lot of kick. But watch out because it will surprise you! Since it makes five gallons, I mix it in a big cooler. Basically, you may add whatever you want to the ingredients and have fun with them.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 80 |
| Yield: | 5 gallons |
Ingredients
- 1 gallon 190 proof grain alcohol
- 1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice
- 2 gallons cherry juice
- 2 (4 ounce) packets sweetened tropical punch flavored drink mix powder
- 1 gallon water
- 6 apples, cored and sliced with peel
- 6 oranges, sliced into rounds
- 30 seedless green grapes
- 20 strawberries, hulled
- 4 lemons, sliced
- 4 limes, sliced
Instructions
- In a 5 gallon container, combine grain alcohol, pineapple juice, cherry juice, drink mix powder and water. Add apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, lemons and limes. Stir gently and serve.
Reviews
Used to make this in North Carolina, using moonshine, which is what 190 proof grain alcohol is! We used Grape juice as the base juice and whatever fruit was available. The name PJ came from what it was Purple Jesus! legend says if you drink this you will see Jesus and he’ll be purple. This was in the 70’s so who knows what else went into this concoction!
Made this several times in Senior year, High School and College years. Quick version is OK, but if you want to take it up a notch, make it a week or two early. Put in a cool dark place in a closed glass container, I used several gallon Glass jars. Shake it up a few times during the week. Put in cooler or bowl to serve, ice is your call but I left it clean and had ice in bucket next to cooler. Also used Consentrated Juice mix, instead of powders and a little water. If not into cutting fruit dump in cans of already chopped or sliced fruit, juice and all. Be warned a few glasses will knock you down! A bowl of the fruit will also remove most inhibitions!! Pinapples and apples really soak this up! Also be warned it stains the cooler and any clothing it hits!!
We call this drink Harry Buffalo in the Midwest
We used to make this in college (eons ago) and also called it “Hunch Punch.” I think that “hunch” came from the inevitable posture the consumer took later in the evening. I also recall the recipe being somewhat fluid (no pun intended) and consisting of whatever we could afford- the grain alcohol being a constant. The remnants we used as a solvent for removing stubborn road tar from the underside and wheel wells of our cars.
We used to make something like this but we called it Hunch Punch. We used a big ice cooler. Pour in PGA and then put any type of fruit you like in. Chunck pinneapples are the best. Let the fruit set overnight then we added Hawian Punch. Put a bag of ice still in the bag to keep cold.
Used to make something like this in Texas, but used a buncha’ cheap vodka; and, in addition to the listed fruits, also used peaches, pineapple, watermelon, etc. Let it sit in the ‘fridge for about four days. The liquid was potent, but the fruit was LETHAL!
I made this for a party – pretty potent!