Alcohol-free · No alcohol
Shirley Temple
Ginger ale blushed pink with grenadine and crowned with a cherry
Ginger ale over ice, tinted with grenadine and finished with a cocktail cherry. Sweet, gently gingery and bubbly, with a soft red-fruit note. The original alcohol-free party drink, loved by children and nostalgic grown-ups alike.
- Glass
- Highball
- Ice
- Ice cubes
- Technique
- Built in the glass
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 2 min
- Strength
- Alcohol-free
Ingredients
- 150 mlGinger ale5 oz
- 15 mlGrenadine½ oz
- GarnishCocktail cherry
≈ 178 ml served
Substitutes: Ginger beer can stand in for Ginger ale.
Method
- 1
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
- 2
Pour in the ginger ale.
- 3
Add the grenadine and let it drift down through the drink, or stir gently for an even pink.
- 4
Garnish with a cocktail cherry.
History
Named after the child film star of the 1930s; the story goes that a bartender created it so she could have a festive drink alongside the adults. Several venues claim it, including Chasen's in Beverly Hills, the Brown Derby in Hollywood and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, and Temple herself later said she found it far too sweet.
- First recorded
- 1935
Bartender's notes
- A squeeze of lime cuts the sweetness for grown-up palates.
- Real pomegranate grenadine tastes far better than the bright-red artificial kind.
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