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Irish Rose
The gentle bite of Irish whiskey soured with lemon and sweetened with pomegranate syrup. The splash of soda which crowns this drink serves to lighten and...
Matthew Parshchikov
1st May at 16:40
Interesting light and sweet drink. Add a little rose water drops for a nice accompanying smell to the lovely rose color
17th August 2024 at 22:11
So with this info in mind, may I suggest adding "AKA: Irish Rose, Wild Eyed Rose" and "Variant: Serve with ice in a highball glass".
18th August 2024 at 18:11
Many thanks for all Stephen. I have added info above and will create a new page for the Wild Irish Rose highball serve.
17th August 2024 at 21:55
It seems to be one of those kinds of drinks which goes under a couple of names (Irish rose, wild Irish rose, and wild eyed rose) and was sometimes served up in a cocktail glass and other times over ice in a highball glass. I'll add a few of the recipes I found in the replies below.
17th August 2024 at 22:01
"The Official Mixers Manual" by Patrick Gavin Duffy (1934). "WILD EYED ROSE COCKTAIL - Juice of 1/2 Lime. 1/2 Pony Grenadine. 1 Drink of Irish Whiskey. Serve with cube of Ice and fizz with Carbonated Water. Use glass number 4."
17th August 2024 at 22:00
"The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them" by Wm T Boothby (1934). "IRISH ROSE - Irish Whiskey 3/5 Jigger; lemon 1/5 Jigger; grenadine 2 spoons; shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass and serve"
17th August 2024 at 21:54
So I did a little digging into the history of this drink and as far as I can tell, the Wild Irish Rose, first appeared in print in George R. Washburne's "Beverages de luxe" from 1911. "WILD IRISH ROSE - Use highball glass. One-half lime muddled. Small toddy. Spoonful Grenadine Syrup. Three-fourths Jigger Irish Whisky. Lump highball ice. Fill up with seltzer".
3rd August 2023 at 00:32
What a delightful cocktail. The Irish Whiskey, lemon, and grenadine work well together. It has a hint of punch, but not sweet. We used homemade grenadine, but we have two pomegranate trees so the juice was nice and red. The colour of the cocktail was similar.
2nd August 2022 at 19:30
Very enjoyable. My cocktail’s color was not even close to the pic. More an apple cider color from the whiskey.
3rd August 2022 at 07:26
Colour is all about your choice of grenadine. Homemade hardly contributes any colour while some brands are very red.
23rd March 2021 at 22:02
Surprised at how much I liked this. Used homemade grenadine. Left out the soda water at first, but the flavors begged for a splash. Struck me as an excellent punch.