The answer is that the Jack Rose is a deceptively hard drink to get right. So where’s the Jack Rose now? Why hasn’t it bounced back like the rest of the crew? Here’s the thing-all of this is familiar, and the idea that the recipe or ingredients were bad and/or lost from the ‘70s through the ‘90s is just as true of the Martini, the Manhattan, the Old Fashioned, the Daiquiri and the Sidecar. When they finally “succeeded,” it was made with Applejack, sour mix and what I’m sure was Rose’s Grenadine, none of which can make a good version of this drink. In 2003, a couple cocktail fans, having just read The Sun Also Rises, resolved to go find a place in Washington DC that could make them a Jack Rose, and it took 60 bars across five attempts.
By the year 2000, the Jack Rose was nearly forgotten, and with decent reason: Fresh citrus was an endangered species in American bars, apple brandy was nearing extinction and good grenadine seemed a contradiction in terms. Hemingway mentions the Jack Rose twice in The Sun Also Risesin 1922, and still a generation later, David Embury, as quoted above, inducted it into his little hall of fame. There are at least six distinct and competing origin stories and a bunch of slightly different recipes, but as early as 1914 it settled into our current understanding, which is a simple sour made of apple brandy, lemon or lime juice, and pomegranate syrup (aka grenadine). There was a time, in the early 1900s, when the Jack Rose was the hottest thing around, a fantastic use of this weird new sweetener called “grenadine” that had recently hit American bars. But the Jack Rose? We can almost hear you through your screen: “What the hell is a Jack Rose?” Modern sensibilities would probably sub out the Margarita for the Sidecar, but it’s the same drink, just with tequila instead of Cognac. The Martini and Manhattan’s place on that list is indisputable, the Old Fashioned is necessary to the point of obvious, and the Daiquiri, properly made, is life changing. I expect he had you nodding along until that last one. Metallica Just Dropped a New Cask Strength Edition of Its Blackened Whiskey One of Louisville’s Most Celebrated Chefs Has Opened a Modern Korean Steakhouse
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