Yield/gallon/litre figures and additions do not reconcile cleanly; distinguish initial mixture from later refills and melt. Wedding Punch calls for dry vermouth but suggests Martini bianco, leaving sweetness/style ambiguous. No exact final ABV is justified without resolving ingredients and volume.
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U.S.S. Russell Punch uses three rums in a 3:3:1 bottle ratio with citrus, sugar and sparkling wine. Wedding Punch emphasizes vermouth, elderflower and sparkling wine.
PDF 225–227; numbered body print page = PDF page −4
Punch ratios and ambiguous yields
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Evidence
U.S.S. Russell Punch uses three rums in a 3:3:1 bottle ratio with citrus, sugar and sparkling wine. Wedding Punch emphasizes vermouth, elderflower and sparkling wine.
Location and context
PDF 225–227; numbered body print page = PDF page −4.
Source No access; synthesis 
The book combines several narrators. Attribute recipes and essays to their printed contributor; the source-level author credit does not erase that provenance.
Annotation
Yield/gallon/litre figures and additions do not reconcile cleanly; distinguish initial mixture from later refills and melt. Wedding Punch calls for dry vermouth but suggests Martini bianco, leaving sweetness/style ambiguous. No exact final ABV is justified without resolving ingredients and volume.
Verification checklist
No direct quotation, scientific validation, current operating instruction or public placement is claimed.