A bright yellow pineapple soda that has been bottled in Nassau since the 1930s, named after the goat-skin goombay drum that drives Junkanoo. It is the Bahamian soft drink, drunk ice cold on its own or lengthened with dark rum.
The flavour formula is the bottler’s trade secret, so any home version would be an invention with the name of a real product attached to it.
What goes into it
- carbonated water
- sugar
- pineapple flavouring
- citric acid
- colouring
How it is made
Flavouring, sugar syrup and acid are blended to a concentrate at the bottling plant, diluted with treated water, carbonated under pressure and filled into bottles or cans on a sealed line. The exact flavour blend is the part that makes it Goombay Punch rather than any other pineapple soda, and it has never been published.
How long it takes: minutes on a production line
How it is eaten
Cold from the bottle at Junkanoo, at a fish fry, or poured over ice with rum as a Goombay Smash.
History
A Bahamian soft drink named for the goombay drum and Junkanoo music, on sale since the 1930s.
Frequently asked questions
What is Goombay Punch?
Goombay Punch is a drink from Bahamas: sweet carbonated pineapple soda, drunk cold or mixed with rum. A Bahamian soft drink named for the goombay drum and Junkanoo music, on sale since the 1930s.
How is Goombay Punch made?
Flavouring, sugar syrup and acid are blended to a concentrate at the bottling plant, diluted with treated water, carbonated under pressure and filled into bottles or cans on a sealed line. The exact flavour blend is the part that makes it Goombay Punch rather than any other pineapple soda, and it has never been published. It takes minutes on a production line.
Can I make Goombay Punch at home?
No, and the atlas gives no method for it. The flavour formula is the bottler’s trade secret, so any home version would be an invention with the name of a real product attached to it.
What goes into Goombay Punch?
Carbonated water, sugar, pineapple flavouring, citric acid, colouring.
How is Goombay Punch eaten?
Cold from the bottle at Junkanoo, at a fish fry, or poured over ice with rum as a Goombay Smash.
