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Rock and Rye

Alcoholic beverage and cocktail

Summary

Alcoholic beverage and cocktail

Rock and Rye is a term (both generically and brand names) for a bottled liqueur or mixed cocktail composed of rye whiskey and rock candy (crystallized sugar) or fruit.

As early as 1914, United States government publications discuss disputes regarding beverages labeled "rock and rye", including a case of a beverage so marketed which was found by the Bureau of Chemistry to consist of "water, sugar, glucose, and artificial coloring matters, sold in imitation of a rock and rye cordial".

Among non-alcoholic beverages, Rock and Rye continues to be a popular flavor of the Faygo brand of soda pop.

Related products mentioned in the early 20th century include Rock and Rum and Rock and Gin.

Slow & Low produced by Hochstadter's since 1884 produces a Rock & Rye drink that according to the label is "served straight and as a proper old-fashioned since the 1800's Rock and Rye Union Made with Straight rye Whiskey Raw Honey, Navel Orange, Rock Candy and Bitters." It is 84 Proof Produced by Hochstadter's from Scobyville, NJ.

In media

In the film National Lampoon's Animal House, Boon (Peter Riegert) orders a "double Rock and Rye and seven “Carlings" at a bar.

Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo by The Grateful Dead, lyrics by Robert Hunter references Rock and Rye in the lyrics. “Half a cup of rock and rye /Farewell to you old southern sky / I'm on my way”

Rock and Rye has long been supposed to be a cure for various types of cold and flu. Damon Runyon mentions the belief in one of his tales of Prohibition New York, “The Three Wise Guys”:

In the 1974 film (set in 1928) The Front Page, the day he resigned/the evening before he is set to get married and move to Philadelphia, Chicago newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (played by Jack Lemmon) shows up in The Press Room of the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago with multiple bottles of liquor to share with his fellow journalists. His replacement, Rudy Keppler (played by Jon Korkes) is asked to join them and responds by requesting, "Rock and Rye please."

References

References

  1. A.J. Rathbun. (12 September 2007). "Good Spirits: Recipes, Revelations, Refreshments, and Romance, Shaken and Served with a Twist". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  2. (2015-01-13). "This is How to Bring Rock and Rye Back from the Dead". Liquor.com.
  3. "Mr. Boston spirits".
  4. United States. Bureau of chemistry. (1914). "Service and Regulatory Announcements". U.S. Government Printing Office.
  5. Lawrence L. Rouch. (2003). "The Vernor's Story: From Gnomes to Now". University of Michigan Press.
  6. (1937). "American Import & Export Bulletin". North American Publishing Company.
  7. David Dodd, 1997. (1997-01-01). "The Annotated "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo"". UCSC.
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