Jack Rose
Ingredients
- Apple brandy, ideally a 100 proof applejack like Laird's60 ml
- Lemon juice, freshly squeezed30 ml
- 20 ml
- Ice
Garnish
Lemon twist
Flavor
Sweet, Citrusy
Method
- Add the apple brandy, the lemon juice and the grenadine to a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Strain into a well chilled coupe.
- Finish with the lemon twist.
About
A New Jersey classic from the early 1900s: the brandy's apple against the pink of the grenadine, dry enough not to cloy. The base is apple brandy, not whiskey. Grenadine supplies sweetness and color; fresh lemon balances it without another syrup.
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