Pale rose in the glass, with the scent of baked apple and pomegranate. The first sip is tart and fresh, then the apple brandy comes through, dry and warming.
1½ oz
applejack or apple brandy bottled-in-bond applejack or a Calvadose.g. Laird's
¾ oz
lemon juice or lime juice
½ oz
grenadine
Garnish: Lemon twist · Ice: Served up, no ice
Jack Rose
Tart and fruity, with apple, pomegranate and lemon over a dry, warming brandy base. Medium strength and very refreshing.
The Jack Rose dates from the early 20th century and was well known in American bars by the 1910s. Its name is usually explained by its main ingredient, applejack, the American apple brandy, and its rose color from grenadine. Other stories link it to a New York gambler of that name or to the Jacqueminot rose, but none of these has been proven.
The drink gained literary fame through Ernest Hemingway, whose narrator Jake Barnes drinks Jack Roses in Paris in The Sun Also Rises (1926). David Embury later included it among the essential cocktails in The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.
Most likely from applejack, its base spirit, and the rose color from grenadine; other stories are unproven.
An American apple brandy; today it is often a blend of apple brandy and neutral spirit, while bottled-in-bond versions are pure apple brandy.
Yes. Calvados makes a fine Jack Rose with a slightly more delicate apple flavor.
The perfect sound
Apple brandy and trumpets in a speakeasy of the Roaring Twenties.
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