Paddy Drinks

The World of Modern Irish Whiskey Cocktails

Jillian Vose, Jack McGarry, Sean Muldoon

• Publisher: Harvest
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9780358512868
• eBook ISBN: 9780358512905
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Culinary Arts

A collection of Irish whiskey recipes from the acclaimed Dead Rabbit in New York City

The folks behind the world-renowned, award-winning Irish pub, Dead Rabbit, know a thing or two about whiskey, and about making great whiskey cocktails. To start, you need to understand the flavors of whiskey, which means going to the very beginning—at the distillery. With an illustrated guide of the stages of production and the differences between the various styles of whiskey, plus flavor wheels and tasting notes, you’ll be well equipped to create your own drinks utilizing various Irish whiskey brands and styles before getting into the Dead Rabbit’s ever-creative, innovative cocktail recipes. With a foreword by the authority on cocktails, David Wondrich, Paddy Drinks is as serious about its whiskey as it is a celebration. 

Dead Rabbit Original Irish Whiskey Cocktails

These are original cocktails we’ve created around the distinctive characteristics and flavors of the various styles of Irish whiskey. In some drinks, we use additional ingredients in order to highlight those particular characteristics, while in other drinks, they supplement the nature of the whiskey, creating an entirely new, complex, and balanced cocktail.

Single Grain Irish Whiskey Cocktails

Chief of Staff

bright, rosebud, cereal grain

Created by Long Thai

Talk about how the bold and subtle can come together to form something beautifully balanced. This exclusively PX sherry-aged single malt whiskey is accented with floral and berry notes coming together to form a medium-bodied Manhattan variation. This meets right in the middle for someone who likes boozy or refreshing drinks.

INGREDIENTS

½ teaspoon house maraschino liqueur

½ teaspoon Giffard crème de cacao

¼ ounce palo cortado sherry

¼ ounce Giffard rhubarb liqueur

¾ ounce Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Rubino vermouth

1½ ounces Egan’s Fortitude

GARNISH: Lemon peel, for squeezing

TOOLS

Jiggers, mixing glass, barspoon, julep strainer

GLASSWARE

Nick & Nora glass

METHOD

Add the ingredients to a mixing glass in the order indicated and stir with ice. Strain into a Nick & Nora glass without ice. Garnish with a spritz of lemon oil and discard the peel.

FEATURED SINGLE GRAIN

Egan’s Fortitude Irish whiskey

Devil Woman

refreshing, savory, long

Created by Greg Buda

It might seem odd to use a single grain Irish whiskey here among so many powerful other flavors. However, splitting the base with a smoky Scotch mellowed it out and allowed the other ingredients to come through, while keeping the proof level suitably elevated.

INGREDIENTS

4 dashes black pepper tincture

¾ ounce fresh lime juice

¼ ounce beet syrup

½ ounce coffee-pecan syrup

½ ounce blackberry shrub

½ ounce Manzanilla sherry

½ ounce The Famous Grouse Smoky Black blended Scotch

1½ ounces Kilbeggan single grain

TOOLS

Jiggers, shaker tins, fine strainer, Hawthorne strainer, ice pick

GLASSWARE

Collins glass

METHOD

Add the ingredients to a shaker tin in the order indicated and shake with ice. Double strain using both the fine and Hawthorne strainers into a collins glass over cracked ice.

FEATURED SINGLE GRAIN

Kilbeggan single grain Irish whiskey

Cooley and the man behind it, John Teeling, have played seminal roles in the revival of the Irish distilling industry in the late 20th century. When it opened in 1989, Cooley was the first new distillery built in Ireland in over a hundred years. Cooley also revived numerous brands including Kilbeggan, Tyrconnell, and Connemara.

Rollerball

fruit, calming, light

Created by Long Thai

This whiskey is great for mixing because its proof is on the higher side, at 43.6% ABV, and since it’s been finished in Bordeaux barrels, there are strong berry and rhubarb notes and a lot of orchard fruit coming from the distillate itself. The flavor pairings are thoughtful and elegantly complement the nose of the whiskey.

INGREDIENTS

3 dashes Dale DeGroff’s pimento bitters

¾ ounce fresh lemon juice

½ ounce nectarine juice

¼ ounce fennel syrup

¾ ounce raspberry syrup

2 ounces Clonakilty Borde...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword: The Sons and Daughters of Erin and the American Bar
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Irish Pub as Wooden Horse
• The Dead Rabbit & Irish Whiskey: How an Education Became an Obsession
• Irish Whiskey
• Styles of Irish Whiskey
• Tasting Irish Whiskey
• The Practicals
• Classic Irish Whiskey Cocktails
• Dead Rabbit Original Irish Whiskey Cocktails
• The Future is Amber
• Syrups, Tinctures and Infusions
• Glossary
• Index
• About the Authors
• Copyright
• About the Publisher