Jack Rose
Applejack's pink moment
Applejack (or apple brandy) spiked with lime and grenadine. Tastes like an apple that learned to talk and got good at it.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Apple Brandy
- 3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 1/2 oz Grenadine
Method
Shake apple brandy (Applejack or Calvados), fresh lime juice, and grenadine with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a thin apple slice.
Documented in the April 22, 1905 National Police Gazette (Frank J. May, Jersey City bartender, also known as \"Jack Rose\"); competing origin attributed to Frank Haas at Eberline's bar, Wall Street (1880s–90s). First published recipe: Jacob Abraham Grohusko's Jack's Manual, first edition (1908); simplified by 1914 in Jacques Straub's Drinks. Per David Wondrich in Imbibe!; Difford's Guide #1039 (lists six competing origin theories). Featured in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (1926). Notes: Multiple credible origin attributions persist; the applejack + rose color etymology is widely accepted, though attribution to gambler \"Bald Jack Rose\" is disproven by timeline (drink predates 1912 notoriety).
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