Alcohol-free · alcohol-free
Roy Rogers
Made with homemade grenadine · United States, 1940s
- highball
- cubes
- build
Roy Rogers
- 6 oz180 ml chilled cola
- ½ oz15 ml grenadine
- Fill a highball glass with ice and add the grenadine and cola.
- Stir gently so the first sip isn't all syrup.
- Garnish with a maraschino cherry; a squeeze of lemon is a good optional addition.
Garnish: maraschino cherry
The syrup
In this recipe
Homemade Grenadine½ oz15 ml
Real grenadine is pomegranate syrup: pomegranate juice and sugar warmed together until dissolved, with optional pomegranate molasses and orange blossom water.
As printed: grenadine
Where it comes from
Named for cowboy film star Roy Rogers, who did not drink alcohol, it dates to the 1940s and was sold as a boys' counterpart to the Shirley Temple, with cola in place of ginger ale.
Source: No canonical printed spec (traditional).
Checked against: Wikipedia: Roy Rogers (drink) · A Couple Cooks: Roy Rogers Drink · Cocktail Society: Roy Rogers Drink
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