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Jungle Bird vs. Pisco Punch

Jungle Bird and Pisco Punch side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.

The difference, by the numbers

Both have pineapple juice. Only the Jungle Bird has dark rum, Campari, lime juice and Demerara syrup; only the Pisco Punch has pisco, simple syrup, lemon juice, dry white wine and cloves. In parts, a Jungle Bird is 3 rum, 1½ Campari, 3 pineapple, 1 lime and 1 syrup; a Pisco Punch is 4 pisco, 1½ pineapple, 1 syrup, 1 lemon and 2 wine. By volume, the Jungle Bird is 32% mixer and juice, 32% spirit, 16% fortified wine and bitter, 10% syrup and sugar and 10% citrus; the Pisco Punch is 42% spirit, 37% mixer and juice, 11% syrup and sugar and 10% citrus. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.

The Pisco Punch is the stronger drink in the glass (13.2% ABV against 10.9%) and holds more alcohol (1.56 standard drinks against 1.32). Calories are close (about 216 and 207), but the Jungle Bird has more sugar (19.7 g against 12.2 g). Both are shaken; the Jungle Bird is served in a rocks glass, the Pisco Punch in a goblet.

On the ratio map

SpiritVermouthCitrusMixerSyrupLiqueurJungle BirdPisco Punch

Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.

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