Name: Maple Rum Old-Fashioned
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 10 ml Maple syrup; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Maple Rum Old-Fashioned
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Glass:

Photographed in a Libbey Old Fashioned 11oz

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Maple syrup
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Well-aged rum mellowed and sweetened by maple syrup. A spirit-forward sipper that's rich and easy. (You may want to vary the amount of maple syrup according to personal taste and the sweetness of your rum.)

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Variations/similar cocktails:

Maple Old-Fashioned

Nutrition:

One serving of Maple Rum Old-Fashioned contains 208 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
27.07% alc./vol. (54.14° proof)
19.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Difford

6th August at 08:11

I've reduced the maple syrup from 12.5 ml to 10 ml (⅓ oz), but the optimal amount will depend on personal taste and the style of rum. Enjoy experimenting!

Ryan Madden

6th August at 01:15

This was really good! I made mine with Appleton 8 year and Grade A Dark Robust Vermont Maple Syrup. I tried it per the recipe and found it just a touch too sweet, so I added a dash of Regans' Orange Bitters; that really tied everything together. Therefore, I'd recommend 1-2 dashes of Regans' Orange Bitters if you have it.

Toby James

28th July at 01:04

Best example of how there's sweetness and then there's sweetness. I typically drop sugar with cocktail recipes, but the maple flavour interacting with the rum sweetness is the star. Best balance for me is OFTD — enough Jamaica, Guyana, and ABV to structure without going full hogo, and gives the syrup something to push against. Sweetness is almost a side-effect.

Tim Cull

14th April at 22:24

Been looking for a rum-forward, non-juiced-up cocktail for a while. This is it!

Sam Standen

23rd March at 00:16

This is my favourite cocktail but I us 60ml El Dorado 21 (the 15 is good too), 10ml maple syrup, 2 shakes of ango bitters, 1 shake of chocolate bitters and two sprays of Linden Leaf Orange cocktail spray (it's so much more consistent than expressing orange oil from peels).

James Kittock

11th March at 04:56

I went with 1 oz of Diplomático Mantuano, 1/2 oz Appleton Estate Signature, 1/2 oz Hamilton 86, and just 1/4 oz maple syrup. Perfect sipper. I might like it more than a bourbon old fashioned…

Matt

8th February at 13:18

This is perfect when I'm in the mood for rum but don't feel like going full tiki. Using Appleton Estate 12 Year Old, maple syrup, and just a few drops of Elemakule Tiki Bitters to add a touch of spice—it's easy to make and very, very easy to drink. Will definitely be trying it again with a few other rum/bitters combinations!

Graeme McPherson

24th January at 10:46

Like a previous reviewer I used Appleton Estate 8 Reserve and I have become a big fan of the Maple Rum Old Fashioned. A very smooth late night sipper.

Justin Aniello

7th December 2025 at 01:07

Right balance of sweet and boozy, I used Appleton 8 yr and may try again with something more complex next time (thinking Smith & Cross to get some banana flavor as well).

Tuber Magnatum

23rd October 2025 at 23:00

An excellent cocktail. Need to do back to back with Maple Old Fashioned to see whether I prefer rum version over bourbon / rye version. I would say though that for me 12.5 ml of Maple Syrup (real Canadian syrup!) made this a little sweet for my palate and I would argue that on the sweet sour scale above, it is closer to a 4. Will try again with less.