Jack Rose
Sours · Calvados
- Strength
- 15.3%
- Std. drinks
- 1.01
- Calories
- 142
- Sugar
- 7.0 g
- 1½ ozApplejack45 ml
- ½Juice of half a lime
- 2¼ tspGrenadine11 ml
The ratio · 3 : 1 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Mexican Firing Squad.
Head to head
Jack Rose and Mexican Firing Squad side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have lime juice and grenadine. Only the Jack Rose has Calvados; only the Mexican Firing Squad has tequila and Angostura bitters. In parts, a Jack Rose is 3 Calvados, 1 lime and ¾ grenadine; a Mexican Firing Squad is 3 tequila, 1 lime and ½ grenadine. By volume, the Jack Rose is 63% spirit, 21% citrus and 16% syrup and sugar; the Mexican Firing Squad is 68% spirit, 22% citrus and 10% syrup and sugar. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Mexican Firing Squad is the stronger drink in the glass (16.2% ABV against 15.3%) and holds more alcohol (1.39 standard drinks against 1.01). The Mexican Firing Squad has more calories (about 172 against 142), but the Jack Rose has more sugar (7.0 g against 5.6 g). Both are shaken; the Jack Rose is served in a coupe, the Mexican Firing Squad in a highball.
Sours · Calvados
The ratio · 3 : 1 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Mexican Firing Squad.
Sours · Tequila
The ratio · 3 : 1 : ½
Full Mexican Firing Squad recipe →
Highlighted: not in the Jack Rose.
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