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Jack Rose
฿480
The Jack Rose is one of the great apple brandies of the American bar, a sour built on applejack that turns up in cocktail books from the early twentieth century. This version keeps the frame and widens it: Martell VS Cognac and Calvados stand in for the straight applejack, Ratafia Rossi adds a sweet, grapey depth, and green apple sharpens the fruit.
Martell VS Cognac and Calvados as the brandy base.
Ratafia Rossi, a sweet fortified grape must.
Grenadine for colour and a soft red-fruit note.
Green apple and lemon for the sour edge.
Shaken, off-dry, around 20% ABV.
How it is made
Shaken, not stirred down flat — the drink is built to keep a little air and texture. Apple brandy carries the structure, Cognac fills out the middle, and the grenadine sits underneath rather than on top. Ratafia Rossi is the quiet ingredient: a grape must fortified with spirit, traditionally made in France and Italy, which lends sweetness without the thinness of plain syrup.
How it tastes
Off-dry and low in bitterness, with the apple running from fresh and green at the front to something rounder and baked further back. Lemon keeps it taut; the pomegranate in the grenadine reads as a soft red thread rather than a flavour of its own. The finish is clean and gently warm.
Good to know
The Jack Rose takes its name from a pinkish rose, and it was a standard order in American bars through Prohibition and after — one of the handful of applejack drinks, alongside the Applejack Rabbit and the Jersey Cocktail, that survived the era. It is a sour in the old sense: spirit, citrus, sweetener, nothing else.
Contains alcohol.
Ingredients: Martell VS Cognac, Ratafia Rossi, Calvados, Grenadine, Green Apple, Lemon
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