One measure is always equal to 25ml or 1 fld oz. A cocktail ‘jigger’ pours out one measure easily.
A Dash is a always just a few drops from the bottle. Bitters etc. are called for in dashes.
THE BEST IRISH (& ST PATRICK’S DAY) COCKTAILS
Éirinn Go Brách
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 2 measures Irish whiskey
- 1 measure Bailey’s Irish Cream
- 1/2 measure crème de menthe
- 1/4 measure Benedictine
Directions: In an old fashioned rock’s glass add the dash of Benedictine and swirl it around coating the inside. Add three ice cubes into the glass and reserve. In a Cocktail Shaker shake the whiskey, crème de menthe, and Irish cream with a few bits of cracked ice. Strain this into the old fashioned rock’s glass over the ice. Serve
Black Velvet
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 50% Chilled Guinness
- 50% Chilled Brut champagne (traditional) or Sparkling White Wine
Directions: Half-fill a tall ‘Collins’ or high-ball glass with the Guiness and top up ‘really’ slowly with champagne. Stir very gently with a glass or plastic rod.
Baby Guinness
This is made in a small shot glass and it is great for all Irish themed events. It looks like a miniature Guinness, while tasting like coffee and cream.
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 2/3 of a small shot glass filled with chilled tia maria
- 1/3 of a small shot glass filled with chilled Bailey’s Irish Cream
Directions: Fill the shot glass with about 2/3 of tia maria and then carefully and gently pour 1/3 of baileys over the back of a spoon on top, in a layered effect, don’t let the liqueurs mix.
Irish Pride
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 3 measures of creme de menthe
- 3 measures of Amaretto
- 2 measures of lemon juice
Directions: Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake the drink until it’s well mixed. Strain it into a highball glass filled with cracked ice.
Irish Cocktail
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 1/2 measure of Cointreau
- 1/2 teaspoon of Pastis
- 1/4 teaspoon of maraschino cherry jar juice
- 2 measures of Irish whiskey
- Green maraschino cherry
- Dash of bitters
Directions: Fill a cocktail (martini) glass with crushed ice. Mix all of the ingredients except the cherry together in a beaker and pour them over the crushed ice in the glass. Serve the cocktail with a green maraschino cherry garnish.
Irish Rose
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 1 measure of lime juice
- 1 measure of pomegranate (or raspberry) syrup
- 6 measures of ginger ale
- 1 & 1/2 measures of Irish whiskey
- Dash of rose water
- Sugared rose petals to garnish
Directions: Mix all of the ingredients together in a cocktail shaker (stirred) and pour the drink over ice in a tall high-ball glass. Serve with a couple of sugared rose petals.
Emerald Isle
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 2 measures Irish whiskey
- 1 measure Italian vermouth
- 1 dash orange bitters
- 1 measure lemonade
- Lime wheel, cut in half
Directions: In a beaker or jug stir the whiskey, vermouth and bitters well with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail (martini) glass, top with a little lemonade and garnish with half a lime wheel dropped in to float as the ‘Emerald Isle’.
Cú Chulainn (Hound’s Drink)
An Irish hero of legend his childhood name was Sétanta, but he gained his better-known name after he killed Culann’s fierce guard-dog in self-defence, and offered to take its place until a replacement could be reared. At the age of seventeen he defended Ulster single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht in the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, “Cattle Raid of Cooley”. In his greatest feat he fights a gruelling three-day duel with his best friend and foster-brother, Ferdiad, at a ford. Hence the addition of sparkling Irish water to the simple drink, and in death a raven lands on his shoulder, to mark that he is dead, so we add a measure of Irish black stout in his honour.
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 2 measures chilled Irish whiskey
- 2 measures chilled Irish Stout (Guinness)
- 1 measure chilled Irish spring water (sparkling)
Directions: In a large old fashioned rock’s glass pour in the whiskey over ice cubes, stir in the Irish stout and add a splash of Irish spring water. Serve.
The Burning Bush
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- 1 measure Bushmills Original Irish Whiskey
- 1 measure clear Irish honey
- 3 measures hot water
- Lemon wedge stuck with two cloves
Directions: Place lemon wedge in a heat-proof hot toddy glass. Pour the Bushmills whiskey and the honey over the lemon, and then fill with the hot water, stir and serve.
Green Guinness
Ingredients: Makes 1 Drink
- ½ measure Creme de Menthe
- 1 pint Guinness
Directions: Put Creme de Menthe in the bottom of a straight, tall pint glass, tilt the glass at an angle, then slowly fill up the glass with Guinness. The Guinness will have a green head when poured. Draw a shamrock into the head to finish.