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The '''Old Pal''' is a cocktail originally made with Canadian [[Rye Whiskey]], ItalianFrench [[Vermouth]] (sweetdry), and [[Campari]]. It is similar to a [[Negroni]], but with Rye whiskey instead of [[Gin]] and dry vermouth instead of sweet. Today it is more commonly made with American rye whiskey.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cocktailenthusiast.com/old-pal-cocktail|title=Old Pal Cocktail|date=2011-01-14|newspaper=Cocktail Enthusiast|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref>
This cocktail first appeared in Harry MacElhone's 1922 book, ABC of Mixing Cocktails. In the book he says the drink was invented by Sparrow Robertson, the Sporting editor of the [[New York Herald]], in Paris. The drink possibly fell out of MacElhone's repertoire by 19271923, when he published his nextsecond book,edition Barfliesas andit Cocktails.is not Inincluded, thishowever bookit hemakes swappeda thereturn Ryein forhis [[Bourbonnext whiskey]]book, (1927) Barflies and renamedCocktails. thedrinkIn thethis "[[Boulevardierbook (cocktail)|Boulevardier]]".<ref>{{citeyou newscan |date=2find February 2012|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/case-study-the-boulevardier/|title=Caserecipe Study,in Theback Boulevardierof |work=Tthe Magazinebook |publisher=(along Newwith Yorkthe TimesBoulevardier) |accessdate=6amongst Novemberthe 2015}}</ref>recipes Althoughsubmitted possiblyby beinghis abandonedguests. byHe MacElhone,has thehowever recipeswapped wasthe publishedFrench-style againDry inVermouth [[Harryfor Craddock]]'s"Eye-talian 1930Vermouth" cocktail(sweet) book,making [[Savoyit Hotel#Thevery Savoysimilar Cocktailto Book|Thethe SavoyBourbon-based Cocktail Book]]Boulevardier.
The recipe was published again in [[Harry Craddock]]'s 1930 cocktail book, [[Savoy Hotel#The Savoy Cocktail Book|The Savoy Cocktail Book]] as well as the 1930 reprint of Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails in which it once again sported French-style Dry Vermouth.
