Rose (cocktail)

Rose
Cocktail
Type	Wine cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Vermouth;
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard garnish	Maraschino cherry
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	4 cl (2 parts) dry vermouth; 2 cl (1 parts) Kirsch; 3 Dashes Strawberry syrup;
Preparation	Shake together in a cocktail shaker, then strain into chilled glass. Garnish and serve.

Rose is a cocktail made of vermouth, Kirschwasser (cherry eau de vie) and fruit syrup (strawberry, raspberry or redcurrant).^[1] Some recipes include cherry liqueur and gin.^[2]

The Rose cocktail was popular in 1920s Paris and was created by Johnny Mitta, barman at the Chatham Hotel.^[3]^[4]^[5] A recipe for it can be found in a 1927 book by Harry McElhone, owner of Harry's New York Bar in Paris.^[6]

References[]

^ "Rose". 5 November 2007.
^ "Rip" (Georges Gabriel Thenon) (1929). Cocktails de Paris. Demangel, Paris.
^ "Rose". 5 November 2007.
^ "Rose Cocktail". 18 March 2019.
^ http://www.bols.com/cocktails/the-rose/^{[dead link]}
^ Harry McElhone (1927). Barflies and Cocktails. Lecram Press, Paris.

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[1] "Rose". 5 November 2007.

[2] "Rip" (Georges Gabriel Thenon) (1929). Cocktails de Paris. Demangel, Paris.

[3] "Rose". 5 November 2007.

[4] "Rose Cocktail". 18 March 2019.

[5] ttp://www.bols.com/cocktails/the-rose/^{[dead link]}

[6] Harry McElhone (1927). Barflies and Cocktails. Lecram Press, Paris.

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