Name: Knickerbocker
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktails
Ingredients: 2 oz light rum; ½ oz raspberry syrup; ½ oz orange liqueur; ¾ oz lime juice; ¼ oz lemon juice

A Victorian-era rum cocktail from Jerry Thomas's 1862 How to Mix Drinks, combining rum with raspberry, orange liqueur, and citrus. One of the first fruit-forward rum cocktails on record.

shake with ice and strain

lowball glass

light rum

raspberry syrup

orange liqueur

lime juice

lemon juice

pineapple wedge

Knickerbocker

Cocktails with prominent non-citrus fruit character, such as apple, pear, peach, or cherry. Fruity drinks can range from delicate and floral to bold and jammy.

Fruity

Cocktails featuring strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, or cranberry. Berry drinks carry a jammy sweetness and deep color.

Berry

Cocktails where lemon, lime, orange, or grapefruit drive the flavor. Citrus notes add brightness, acidity, and aromatic zest to a drink.

Citrus

Cocktails evoking the tropics through pineapple, coconut, passion fruit, mango, or guava. Often rum-based and associated with beach, tiki, and vacation styles.

Knickerbocker

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