Roy Rogers Mocktail Recipe
Cola with a dash of grenadine and a cherry — the cola cousin of the Shirley Temple.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Cola180 ml (6.1 oz)
- Grenadine15 ml (0.5 oz)
How to Make It
- Fill a glass with ice.
- Add cola.
- Stir in grenadine.
- Garnish with a cherry.
Garnish
Maraschino cherry
What it tastes like
The sweetness is pronounced.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Cola
- Full-sugar and diet cola do not give the same drink: diet leaves the body thin and the spirit exposed. Plenty of ice and cola added last keeps the fizz.
- Grenadine
- Pomegranate syrup. Most supermarket bottles are dyed corn syrup with no pomegranate in them; reducing pomegranate juice with an equal weight of sugar takes ten minutes and changes the drink completely.
The Story
Named after the American cowboy star, a classic diner non-alcoholic drink.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Roy Rogers mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Roy Rogers contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Roy Rogers hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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