Scofflaw
Scofflaw: The 1924 Prohibition-Mocking Cocktail from Paris
The term scofflaw was the result of a national contest in the US instigated in October 1923 by a prominent Anti-Saloon League member Delcevare King in reaction to lawless drinking and frequenters of speakeasies. King offered a $200 reward for the creation of a term "which best expresses the idea of lawless drinker, menace, scoffer, bad citizen, or whatnot, with the biting power of 'scab' or slacker" Australian Bartender.
The term "Scofflaw" emerged on 15th January 1924 as the winning word Difford's Guide. Shortly after, Chicago Tribune, January 27th, 1924: "Jock, the genial Bartender of Harry's New York Bar, yesterday invented the Scoff-law Cocktail" Difford's Guide. The cocktail combined rye whiskey, dry vermouth, lemon juice, and grenadine with orange bitters.
The Scofflaw was invented in 1924 by a bartender credited as "Jock" at Harry's New York Bar in Paris. The drink was first published in Harry MacElhone's ABC of Mixing Cocktails Corpse Revived. The drink became popular with American expatriates in Paris who could freely consume alcohol while their countrymen faced Prohibition restrictions back home.
RECIPE:
1½ oz rye whiskey
1 oz dry vermouth
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz grenadine
2 dashes orange bitters
Lemon twist
Method:
Add all ingredients to shaker with ice
Shake until well-chilled
Strain into chilled coupe glass
Garnish with lemon twist