Rose Kennedy cocktail

Rose Kennedy (also commonly known as a "VSS" (vodka soda splash))[1] is a cocktail popular in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States.

It consists of varying amounts of vodka and club soda with a splash of cranberry juice for color and taste.

It was first called a Rose Kennedy at Trumpets, a long ago gay bar in Washington DC in the early to mid-90s.

[citation needed] At the time a "real" Rose Kennedy was garnished with lemon only and contained only enough cranberry to make the drink barely pink making the squeezed lemon and cranberry flavors faint but equal.

Many variations continue with different vodka brands, but it is originally Stolichnya or Smirnoff as the main ingredient.