Rock & Rye Old Fashioned (Patreon)

Rock and Rye: Old Fashioned Cocktail or Cough Syrup?

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artofdrink Rock & Rye became popular at the pharmacy as a "cough remedy" in the early 1880s because the manufacturers of this patent medicine didn’t have to pay taxes on the alcohol, nor did the sellers. Tolu was considered an anti-tussive (cough suppressant), so for a while, Rock & Rye was considered a cough syrup, but that only lasted a few years. Eventually, it became obvious that this was just a bottled Old Fashioned Cocktail, and the tax was applied to the product making it less appealing. But Tolu Rock & Rye tastes pretty good and works well as a variation on the Old Fashioned. Rock & Rye Recipe 500 ml Rye Whisky 150 ml Simple Syrup 10 ml Tincture of Tolu (2 ml Tolu + 8 ml EtOH) Art of Drink https://ww.artofdrink.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dsoneil #sodafountain #history #cocktail at