A durable bridge among rye whiskey, patent medicine, flavored cordial, and a product style that survives commercially.
The source records medical claims as period marketing and custom; it does not validate efficacy.
Rock and rye began as rock candy dissolved in old rye whiskey for coughs, then acquired ingredients such as orange peel, cloves, horehound, and balsam and appeared in commercial bottles and advertisements by the late 1870s.
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