Scofflaw

Taste

Equal ounces of rye and dry vermouth, so the wine is half the drink. Half an ounce of grenadine, half of lemon, one dash of orange bitters. Shaken, coupe, orange twist. The rye is spice, the grenadine pomegranate, the lemon a sour cut through the dry vermouth.

History

Delcevare King, a Massachusetts teetotaler, ran a contest in late 1923 for a word to shame drinkers who flouted Prohibition; Henry Irving Dale and Kate L. Butler split the prize for "scofflaw," announced in January 1924. The Chicago Tribune reported a Scofflaw cocktail at Maxim's in Paris on 21 January 1924: three parts rye, two parts French vermouth, a dash of lemon and of grenadine. Harry MacElhone claimed Jock at Harry's New York Bar invented it days later, with orange bitters and equal Canadian Club and French vermouth. Difford's notes the Tribune piece on Maxim's predates MacElhone's claim. This menu is one to one rye to dry vermouth, half an ounce each of grenadine and lemon, one dash of orange bitters, shaken, coupe, orange.

• Difford's Guide, Scofflaw

Same shape, other bottles

The Sour family, with the bottle that changed.

• Bennettgin and lime juice for rye and lemon juice
• Mickie Walkerscotch and sweet vermouth for rye and dry vermouth
• Buster Brownbourbon and demerara syrup for rye and grenadine
• Pey-Lécachaça and honey syrup for rye and grenadine
• Mexican Firing Squadtequila and lime juice for rye and lemon juice
• Expatbourbon and lime juice for rye and lemon juice