My son has been sick the last couple of days and wanted some juice. We were out of everything but, oddly, pomegranate juice (a small Odwalla bottle). Not sweet enough for the little guy, so I added a bit of Rose’s grenadine to it. Then I thought, isn’t real grenadine made from pomegranate juice? And I found some good information on The Cocktail Chronicles Blog.

So tonight I converted the remainder of the pomegranate juice into grenadine (cold method). And, of course, I needed to try it. Which I did, in the following proportions:

• 4 parts bourbon
• 1 part lemon juice
• 1 part homemade grenadine

No name for this concoction yet. It’s really a variation on the classic Jack Rose cocktail, using bourbon instead of applejack. I’m hoping Joyce will come up with something….

Photo by Ahmed