Tract · Cocktails

Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Jack Rose Cocktail

Julian's Jack Rose Cocktail is a simple apple brandy, grenadine, and lemon build.

applejack · grenadine · citrusy · aperitif

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Shaved ice.

Variants (4)

Julian's Recipes by Julian Anderson (1919, p.13)

2 dasheslemon juice acid
0.67 jiggerapple brandy base
0.5 glassice — shaved icebase
0.33 jiggerGrenadine sweetener
  1. Shake the shaved ice, lemon juice, apple brandy, and grenadine well.
  2. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.

Ice: Shaved ice

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.36)

0.25 partlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
0.25 partorange juice — Orange juiceacid
0.5 partCalvados base
2 dashGrenadine — Grenadine syrupbase
  1. Shake cold and serve.

Cocktails by Pedro Chicote (1928, p.163) — Pedro Chicote 1928

0.67 copitaApplejack — Apple Jackbase
1 lemonlemon juice — Jugo de un limonbase
1 tablespoonGrenadine — Jarabe de granadinasweetener
  1. Shake and serve in a cocktail glass.

Ice: 4 to 5 pieces ice

This matters because it provides a clear Madrid checkpoint for the Jack Rose line in Spanish service.

Peychaud's New Orleans Cocktails by John Held Jr. (1935, p.16)

0.5 limelime juice — Lime or Lemon Juiceacid
0.5 partApplejack — Apple Jack Brandybase
2 dashesPeychaud's bitters — Peychaud's Bittersbitter
2 dashesGrenadine — Grenadine Syrupsweetener
  1. Shake well with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.

Ice: Ice

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See also: Applejack Sour, Bacardi Cocktail