Like most cocktails first printed in Jerry Thomas’s 1862 edition of The Bon Vivant’s Companion, the origins of Mississippi Punch are a tad hazy. Cocktail historian David Wondrich theorizes that Thomas came upon this potent mix of three different spirits, citrus and sugar somewhere “along the Mississippi,” but whether that means Kentucky, Louisiana or Arkansas, we may never know. At 11 we have put our spin on this, and other local favorites!