A rosy Boston sour of rye whiskey brightened with lemon and orange juice and tinted with a teaspoon of grenadine — a whiskey-sour cousin where the citrus and pomegranate soften the rye's spine. Legend ties it to the Locke-Ober restaurant in 1898, supposedly mixed to toast ward boss Martin M. Lomasney's election in Boston's Ward 8, though the tale is disputed and the drink only truly took hold after Prohibition. It became something of a civic emblem for Boston, once dressed with a tiny Massachusetts flag.
Garnish: Maraschino Cherry
Shaken · Coupe · None
add
Combine the rye whiskey, lemon juice, orange juice, and grenadine in a shaker.
shake
Add ice and shake well until chilled.
strain
Double-strain into a chilled coupe, served up.
garnish
Garnish with a maraschino cherry.