Shirley Temple

A pink, fizzy mocktail of ginger ale tinted and sweetened with a splash of grenadine, crowned with a maraschino cherry — the archetypal "kids' cocktail" that lets a child clink glasses with the adults. Born in 1930s Hollywood and named for the era's reigning child star, its exact origin is disputed: the Brown Derby and Chasen's both lay claim to it, and Temple herself, who said she found it cloying, credited the Brown Derby.

HighballClassicN/AMocktailCarbonated

Ingredients

  • 6 ozGinger Ale
  • 0.5 ozGrenadine

Garnish: Maraschino Cherry

Preparation

built · Highball · Cubed

  1. 1.

    add

    Fill a highball glass with ice and pour in the grenadine.

  2. 2.

    top

    Top with ginger ale.

  3. 3.

    stir

    Stir gently to distribute the grenadine and tint the drink pink.

  4. 4.

    garnish

    Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Flavor Profile

fizz
93%
dilution
55%
sweet
45%
spiced
27%
heat
9%
herbal
9%