The Roy Rogers is the cowboy's counterpart to the Shirley Temple: a non-alcoholic soda-fountain staple of cola sweetened with a pour of grenadine and crowned with a maraschino cherry. It drinks like a deepened cherry cola — fizzy, sweet, and faintly fruity. Named for the teetotaling singing-cowboy star Roy Rogers, it emerged as a kid-friendly and dry-night fixture in mid-20th-century America, with no single bartender credited for its invention.
Garnish: Maraschino Cherry
Built · Highball · Cubed
build
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
add
Pour in 1 oz grenadine.
top
Top with 8 oz chilled cola.
stir
Stir gently to combine so the grenadine doesn't settle at the bottom.
garnish
Garnish with a maraschino cherry.