Cheers to Jack Rudy Cocktail Co.

 

Back in March I picked up two Jack Rudy Cocktail Co. products while in Fairhope, AL {Aubergine Antiques}. Though I have not used the small batch grenadine nor small batch tonic, I love the way they look on the bar.

The brown bottles are wrapped with a vintage apothecary-style label complete with a recipe.

For a proper Gin & Rudy…

In a collins glass combine

-2 oz. of your favorite gin

-.75 oz. Jack Rudy tonic

-add ice, top with 4 oz. soda water

-stir & drink

For a Jack Rose cocktail…

Over ice, combine

-1.5 oz. Applejack

-.50 oz. Jack Rudy grenadine

-.50 oz. lime juice

-shake & double strain into a cocktail glass

 

Jack Rudy Cocktail Co. is a family run company based in Charleston, SC and Lexington, KY.

Their goal is to take long forgotten staples of the American bar and reinvent them, in an effort to drink like our great-grandparents might once have.

Our products are crafted in the United States in small batches, and distributed carefully across the world to finer bottle shops, bars, restaurants and general fans of a delicious drink.

I love the story of the legendary Jack Rudy:

In our household, Jack Rudy, our great-grandfather, was often the topic of conversation; his life was used as a barometer for what it meant to be a modern Southern gentleman. Below are some of our favorite stories:
“Jack Rudy was many things. He was a pilot who illegally flew his plane under the Ohio River Bridge (on a dare), an inventor who created a mechanical device for pharmacists to count pills, and a craftsman who once built a houseboat out of an old city bus. After serving as an aircraft mechanic in WWII, he spent his working life as an engineer. He read Popular Mechanics and National Geographic cover to cover – a curious type who made his own bullets, and shot them into a dirt wall he constructed in his basement. In addition to being a ‘marvelous’ dancer, he LOVED to entertain and was known to overindulge in drink, smoke, and his wife’s gourmet cooking.”

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Cheers to Jack Rudy, y’all!