ClassicsFall

Jack Rose

First printed by Jacob A. Grohusko, Jack's Manual, 1908

The Jack Rose is apple brandy shaken with fresh lemon and grenadine and served up. It is tart, fruity and bright pink, with the apple brandy holding the center. A natural fit for apple season.

  • GlassNick & Nora
  • MethodShaken
  • Ingredients3
Jack Rose

Ingredients

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Servings
Lemon twistGarnish
Total volume—

Directions

  1. Shake all ingredients hard with ice.
  2. Double strain into a chilled coupe.
  3. Express a lemon twist over the top.

ToolsJiggerShakerHawthorne strainerFine strainerNick & Nora glass

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History

The Jack Rose first appears in print in Jacob A. Grohusko's 1908 Jack's Manual, in a longer recipe with raspberry syrup and soda. By 1914 Jacques Straub had cut it down to applejack, lime and grenadine, close to how it is made now. New Jersey's Laird & Company, the oldest licensed distillery in the United States, made the applejack that defined it.

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How are you making it? ⓘ Batching includes dilution water. Pre-batched cocktails need added water to replace the melt from stirring or shaking. We use Jeffrey Morgenthaler's standard: 18% for spirit-forward drinks, 25% for shaken.

What you'll need to buy

Based on 750ml bottles (25.4 oz), rounded up.

Bottle math, generally

750ml bottle25.4 oz
2 oz pours per bottle12 cocktails
1.5 oz pours per bottle16 cocktails
1 oz =29.6 ml
This recipe per 750ml of spirit—

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