![]() Speaking of sweet, it doesn't get cuter, or more questionable in appropriateness, than Hayes playing mixologist with the jigger as I try to make this drink in the video below! the Simple Goodness Sisters' Jack Rose Cocktail Commercial grenadines such as Rose's that you may have in your fridge will taste far too sweet. Just be sure to sub in the rhurbarb vanilla syrup for the grenadine, or at the very least, make your own grenadine. ![]() It's readily available and inexpensive at places like Total Wine and More so you can try this recipe right away. For a quick trip into apple brandy land, if you've never tried it before, a bottle of Laird's will totally do the trick. Thankfully, as PUNCH mentioned above, one of these was Laird's. The temperance movement, prohibition, modern farm practices, and urban growth have all affected the apple industry significantly, even more so the growth of cider apples (a more bitter variety than those grown for juice and fruit.) The result was, for a long time, we didn't drink very much cider in the USA, and the long tradition of brandy making was upheld by only a few purveyors. The history of cider and brandy making in America is absolutely fascinating, as the two used to be the most prevalent and common alcohol consumed, during a time when our young nation consumed an estimated THREE times the amount of alcohol that we do today. I may just have to plan a personal tasting tour of the options next Spring, because just writing this blog post has me thirsty for more history and more brandy! Where there are cider companies, brandy distilling is sure to follow, and as cider making is exploding in Washington, several distilleries in the state have released apple brandies as well. To bring the cocktail all the way back around to the apple state, we recommend also trying a locally made apple brandy. We're more interested in bringing it back to the future, and rooting it firmly in our own region's splendor with the addition of locally grown rhubarb simple syrup from Sumner, WA, the rhubarb capitol of the world. The original version calls for grenadine, lemon juice, and applejack. ![]() “Jersey Lightning”), is one of the country’s oldest continuously-produced spirits and Laird’s in New Jersey remains its largest producer to this day.Īs this article makes clear, this is a New Jersey cocktail that goes way back. Its American apple brandy base, applejack (a.k.a. What is certain is that the Jack Rose is a New Jersey cocktail through and through. The origin of its name is disputed: some credit it to an early 20th-century hit man called “Bald Jack Rose,” while others connect it to Jersey City bartender Frank J. Speaking of punch, PUNCH describes the drink as so:Īccording to David Embury’s The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, the Jack Rose was, during the mid-20 thcentury, a pillar of basic cocktail-mixing knowledge. It's fairly sweet but still pretty stiff, so it packs a pretty little punch. It's a little known drink (and surprisingly has NOTHING to do with our favorites from the Titanic) that will be widely popular with your friends once introduced. The Jack Rose is a pre-prohibition (like, seriously OG) New Jersey classic cocktail we're re-imagining to be solidly West Coast.
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