marky mark's funky punch

1 1/2 oz Aged Cachaça (Seleta)
1/2 oz Smith & Cross Rum
3/4 oz B.G. Reynold's Passion Fruit Syrup
3/4 oz Lime Juice
2 dash Bittermens Burlesque Bitters

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

Two Wednesdays ago, I decided to make one of the Seattle punch recipes from an article in SeriousEats. As a pun on the early 1990s hiphip group, the Marky Mark's Funky Punch by Jim Romdall of Vessell stood out despite the name. With a mixed spirit base of cachaça and Smith & Cross Rum, the funk was definitely in this punch.
The funky rum and cachaça aroma was spiced by the nutmeg and brightened by the citrus. A grassy lime and passion fruit sip was followed by the funky sugar cane spirits that were smoothed out by the passion fruit syrup. A touch of pepper heat from the bitters finished off the swallow.