# Knickerbocker

A nineteenth-century rum punch balances aged rum, orange curaçao, raspberry, and lime over fine ice.

Strength: 28% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Aged rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/aged-rum.md) — Use a characterful aged, non-Jamaican rum.
- 30 ml [Orange curaçao](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-curacao.md)
- 15 ml [Raspberry syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/raspberry-syrup.md)
- 15 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)

## Glassware

Old fashioned glass

## Garnish

- Lime shell
- Pineapple chunks — Use two or three small pieces of ripe pineapple.
- Fresh raspberries

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients hard with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled old fashioned glass filled with finely crushed ice.

## Related drinks

- [Mai Tai](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mai-tai.md): A landmark tropical sour balancing aged rum with lime, orange curaçao, almond, and demerara.
- [Añejo Highball](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/anejo-highball.md): Dale DeGroff’s rum highball layers oak, orange, lime, ginger, and bitters into a bright long drink with considerably more structure than a simple buck.
- [Pegu Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pegu-club.md): Gin, dry orange curaçao, fresh lime, and two kinds of bitters make this Rangoon club classic both a taut sour and an aromatic cocktail.
- [Oriental Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/oriental-cocktail.md): Rye and sweet vermouth give this Savoy-era sour a Manhattan-like core, while dry orange curaçao and a full cut of lime pull it somewhere brighter and stranger.
- [Tia Mia](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tia-mia.md): A smoky Mai Tai variation combining aged rum and mezcal with orange, almond, and fresh lime.
- [Hotel Nacional](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hotel-nacional.md): An elegant Cuban rum sour whose restrained pineapple, apricot, and lime suggest the tropics without sacrificing the spirit beneath them.
- [Royal Bermuda Yacht Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/royal-bermuda-yacht-club.md): A poised Barbados-rum sour in which lime is deepened by orange curaçao and the almond, clove, and ginger spice of falernum.
- [Aku Aku](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/aku-aku.md): Fresh pineapple and mint are flash-blended with lightly aged rum, peach liqueur, lime, and demerara before being fine-strained into an unusually vivid up drink.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/knickerbocker
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/knickerbocker-41a38969.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-352