The recipe
- 2 ozRye whiskey60 ml
- ½ ozLemon juice15 ml
- ½ ozOrange juice15 ml
- 1 tspGrenadine
How to make it
- 1Shake everything with ice.
- 2Strain into a chilled coupe.
Garnish: A cherry, if you like.
Locke-Ober’s own recipe, as served there after Prohibition. The drink was once decorated with a small paper flag.
The ratio
4 : 1 : 1 : ¼
In parts, a Ward Eight is 4 whiskey, 1 lemon, 1 orange and ¼ grenadine. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
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