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Ward Eight

2 oz Rye (or Bourbon)
1⁄2 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 t Grenadine
1 sli Orange (as garnish)
1 Maraschino cherry (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, straight up, cocktail glass. Garnish (or not, as desired).

Notes

Vermeire has this as 1/4 gill (=1 oz) rye, 1/8 gill (= 1/2 oz) juices, 1 tsp grenadine. David Wondrich insists on Rye instead of Bourbon.

History

The earliest I can find in print is Robert Vermeier's "Cocktails How to Mix Them" from 1922, though PDT references "The Cocktail Book - A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen" from 1915. The drink was evidently created to celebrate the victory of Democrat Martin Lomasney, who ran for the Legislature.

Cocktail summary
Ward Eight
2008, Creative Commons, Jim Hood, Wikipedia
Posted by Dan on
Created by
Locke-Ober Cafe, Boston, MA
Year
1896
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Eight

Curator
3 stars
User rating
3.5 stars
(18 ratings)
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  • 1/2 oz grenadine.
  • Update: followed recipe from 1926 book by L.C. Page (2 rye, 1/2 lemon, 1/2 grenadine, 1 tsp S.S., 3 soda, shake/collins). Used homemade grenadine (no s.s.) and over ice filled collins. 5 stars.
  • My orange might have been low sugar but this felt dry and tart but quite solid.
  • With my homemade (not very sweet) grenadine, this wound up being dominated by the lemon juice and 100-proof rye. — ★★★
  • Bourbon flavor surprisingly subdued. Good intro to whiskey. Good whiskey drink for non-whiskey drinkers. — ★★★★
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Comments
Dan commented on 12/14/2012:

PDT substitutes 1 bsp pomegranate molasses plus 1/4 oz simple syrup for the grenadine. Tart and a bit darker than the original.