Head to head
Hot Buttered Rum and Hot Toddy side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have water. Only the Hot Buttered Rum has butter and brown sugar and dark rum; only the Hot Toddy has bourbon and honey. In parts, a Hot Buttered Rum is 1 rum and 2½ water; a Hot Toddy is 2 whiskey, 1 honey and 5½ water. By volume, the Hot Buttered Rum is 69% mixer and juice, 28% spirit and 3% syrup and sugar; the Hot Toddy is 64% mixer and juice, 24% spirit and 12% syrup and sugar. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Hot Buttered Rum is the stronger drink in the glass (11.3% ABV against 10.8%) and holds more alcohol (1.35 standard drinks against 1.14). The Hot Toddy has more calories (about 209 against 152) and more sugar (26.2 g against 2.6 g). Both are built and served in an Irish coffee glass.
Tiki & Punches · Rum
The ratio · 1 : 2½
Full Hot Buttered Rum recipe →
Highlighted: not in the Hot Toddy.
Old Fashioneds & Duos · Whiskey
The ratio · 2 : 1 : 5½
Highlighted: not in the Hot Buttered Rum.
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Hot Buttered Rum vs.
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