Punch Arrack

Reference

Java (Indonesia)

ABV48-50% traditional. Historically bottled at distillation strength.

Sub-styles

Tasting Notes

Overripe tropical fruit, red rice funk, slight solvent edge, brown sugar, faint spice. Intense and polarizing — requires context.

Core: Van Oosten Batavia Arrack.

Premium

E&A Scheer Batavia Arrack (trade/blending use)

The rum that built European punch culture—a funky, high-proof Indonesian spirit that made tea parties revolutionary.