The recipe
- 1 bar spoonCane sugar syrup
- 2 dashesAngostura bitters
- 1¾ ozMyers’s dark rum50 ml
- ¾ ozClear apple juice20 ml
How to make it
- 1Put the syrup, bitters and half the rum in a rocks glass with one ice cube and stir.
- 2Add the rest of the rum and more ice in stages, stirring after each.
- 3Fill with ice and float the apple juice on top.
Garnish: A lemon twist.
Bradsell wanted cheap, clear apple juice, not cloudy pressed juice.
The ratio
¼ : 2½ : 1
In parts, a Treacle is ¼ syrup, 2½ rum and 1 apple juice. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
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