Ward Eight

Any type of whisk(e)y should work here. If you'd like your cocktail to be a bit drier, simply use an overproof variety.

If you can get your hands on pomegranate juice, making your own grenadine is extremely simple to make! Remember, grenadine should be a dark red color; the bright red grenadine tastes nothing like the original!

Created sometime around 1898 in Locke-Ober Café in Boston, Massachusetts. The drink was made in honor of Martin M. Lomasney, a local politician who was, by some accounts, the boss of the Eight Ward in Boston.

Throughout his political carreer, Lomasney served both as a State Senator and as a State Representative, and he held considerable political power during his tenure. He was sometimes referred to as The Mahatma (The great, also used as a term to describe religious leaders)