# Treacle

Dark Jamaican rum, bitters, and a small float of clear apple juice produce the deep caramelised-fruit impression that gives this London Old Fashioned its name.

Strength: 27% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 50 ml [Jamaican rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/jamaican-rum.md) — Use a dark, full-bodied aged Jamaican pot-still rum.
- 5 ml [Rich simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/rich-simple-syrup.md)
- 2 dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- 20 ml [Clear apple juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/clear-apple-juice.md) — Use inexpensive filtered juice from concentrate, not cloudy pressed juice.

## Glassware

Rocks glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and insert the twist.

## Method

1. Add the rich simple syrup and bitters to a chilled rocks glass with one ice cube, then stir.
2. Add half the rum and two more ice cubes, then stir until cold.
3. Add the remaining rum and more cubed ice, then stir again.
4. Fill the glass with cubed ice and float the clear apple juice over the surface without stirring it through.

## Related drinks

- [Mr. Bali Hai](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mr-bali-hai.md): Dark Jamaican rum, light rum, pineapple, lemon, and dry coffee liqueur create a large tropical drink whose roast and funk are more compelling than simple sweetness.
- [Planters Punch](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/planters-punch.md): Jamaican rum balanced simply with lime and sugar cane juice.
- [Ancient Mariner](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ancient-mariner.md): Beachbum Berry's dark, dry reply to Navy Grog sets Jamaican and Demerara rums against grapefruit, lime, allspice, and restrained sugar.
- [Queen’s Park Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/queens-park-swizzle.md): A high-octane Trinidadian swizzle that drives dark Demerara rum through fragrant mint, lime, sugar, and aromatic bitters.
- [Jet Pilot](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jet-pilot.md): Three rums, two citrus juices, cinnamon, falernum, anise, and bitters form a compact Luau-era tropical drink with uncommon power and precision.
- [Zombie](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/zombie.md): Donn Beach's formidable 1934 rum rhapsody, layered with citrus, cinnamon, spice, anise, and enough overproof depth to justify its legendary two-drink limit.
- [Doctor Funk](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/doctor-funk.md): Ester-rich Jamaican rum, two fresh citrus juices, grenadine, absinthe, and soda make an anise-led sparkling cooler with genuine Samoan ancestry and modern tiki force.
- [Test Pilot](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/test-pilot.md): Donn Beach's compact rum drink layers Jamaican and light rum with lime, falernum, orange, bitters, and a trace of anise.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/treacle
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/treacle-e90b8073.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-437