For about 6 months I tried to order a Jack Rose [1]. Only one bartender knew what it was (lime, applejack, and grenadine). And no it's not on this list.

How can I excuse such a pretentious mission? Well someone told me that "The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks" [2] was The Cocktail Bible and a Jack Rose was the thing I'd never heard of. Turns out no one else has either, at least since Hemingway was drinking them in Paris in the 1920s. Funny how things change in 100 years.

But it's actually pretty good: applejack pretty much died out in the US with the prohibition and cheaper liquors, but if you can find cider or calvados it's worth a shot.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Rose_(cocktail)

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fine_Art_of_Mixing_Drinks

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Balgair 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Jack Rose is one of my favorites!

99 Red Balloons is also a great one

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tristor 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I love a Jack Rose. Unfortunately it's hard to find any good Applejack. I bought some Laird's Apple Brandy that was supposed to be of a special release, thinking it'd be good, but it was very harsh and ended up (before a move) getting dumped. It's really difficult to find any decent Applejack, even though this used to be a quintessentially American drink.

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dguest 2 days ago | parent [-]

The French version of the Wikipedia article [1] actually lists calvados [2] instead of applejack. So who knows what the Lost Generation was drinking, maybe the french version is just as good.

[1]: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Rose_(cocktail)

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvados

	▲	tristor 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, I've made it with Calvados and also with French pear brandy, which was pretty good, but Calvados and Applejack aren't exactly the same. Calvados is done with "cider apples" and Applejack was done with "eating apples" (from my understanding when I was reading into this), which meant Applejack was supposed to be sweeter and was often drunk straight, but it's pretty much disappeared after we learned to make Bourbon in this country.