'Rock and Rye: Old Fashioned Cocktail or Cough Syrup?'

'Rock and Rye: Old Fashioned Cocktail or Cough Syrup?'
14:24 Jul 29, 2023
'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' 

Tags: History , drinks , cocktails , old fashioned cocktail , rock and rye , tolu tincture

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