#268 Cocktail: Seven&Seven

      This one is a simple combination between a whiskey and 7Up juice. But, there is a catch. It works really good only with Seagram's Seven Crown whiskey. A really good American blended whiskey.
       Easy drink to make and really enjoyable. Not one of my favorites though

2 ounces Seagram's Seven Crown whiskey

3 ounces 7Up juice

#221 Cocktail: Paddy

      As Gaz Regan says, "Paddy cocktail is the Irish Manhattan", and he is right when he says that. The only difference between the two is the fact that in this one you have to use Irish whiskey (of course you have to use this, because otherwise it would't be Paddy :) )
      The cocktail was made for he first time in 1930 and appeared in Harry Craddock's "The Savoy Cocktail Book" 1930. The 1930 recipe doesn't say anything about the lemon twist garnish, but the one in Gaz Regan's book adds this subtle aromatic dimension

2 ounces Irish whiskey

1 ounce sweet vermouth 

Angostura bitters to taste

     

#169 Cocktail: Jack and Coke

   First, I didn't want to post or to make this one, because is not something exciting, but at some point we had a bottle of Jack Daniel's and I said "What the hell, let's cover this one too"
   I don't think  that there is someone who enjoys whiskey that didn't try this one out. It is really easy to make and by combining these 2 drinks, you will finish half a bottle without knowing....the problem comes after you realize that, but that is a different discussion.
   "Be aware that the customer is requesting Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey and not bourbon. If you use bourbon in the drink, be sure that the  customer knows. Suggest a lemon for garnish"- Gaz Regan
  My customer (Me) didn't need a lemon.

2 ounces Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey

3 ounces Coca-Cola

#163 Cocktail: James Joyce

    The cocktail is just a twist of the classic cocktail, the Oriental.
     This one was "invented" when Gary Regan asked a bartender for an Oriental cocktail, which has as a base spirit rye whiskey, and the bartender used irish whiskey instead. Gary told the bartender " The mistake is the portal of discovery" quoting James Joyce and so...this new cocktail was born

1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey

3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

3/4 ounce triple sec

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

#162 Cocktail: Irish Coffee

   Although different variations of coffee cocktails pre-date the now-classic Irish coffee by at least 100 years, the original Irish coffee was invented and named by Joe Sheridan, a head chef in Foynes, County Limerick but originally from Castlederg, County Tyrone. Foynes' port was the precursor to Shannon International Airport in the west of Ireland. The coffee was conceived after a group of American passengers disembarked from a Pan Am flying boat on a miserable winter evening in the 1940s. Sheridan added whiskey to the coffee to warm the passengers. After the passengers asked if they were being served Brazilian coffee, Sheridan told them it was "Irish coffee".
  Stanton Delaplane, a travel writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, brought Irish coffee to the United States after drinking it at Shannon Airport, when he worked with theBuena Vista Cafe in San Francisco to start serving it on November 10, 1952, and worked with the bar owners Jack Koeppler and George Freeberg to recreate the Irish method for floating the cream on top of the coffee, sampling the drink one night until he nearly passed out

2 ounces Irish Whiskey

  3 or 4 ounces strong dark coffee

simple syrup to taste

1 or 2 ounces fresh whipped cream

#161 Cocktail: Irish Squirrel

   This one goes in the "Squirrel" Sour category, started from the classic Pink Squirrel and, by changing the main ingredient (here the Irish whiskey) several cocktails were created.
   No history for this one, just a plain tasty cocktail for all of you who enjoy the Irish whiskey

1 1/2 ounce Irish Whiskey

3/4 ounce creme de noyau

1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice

#60 Cocktail: Dubliner

  I jumped a couple of recipes to reach the letter D, because today is St. Patrick's Day and I wanted to make an Irish cocktail. But from tomorrow, I will be back to the normal order of the recipes.
   The cocktail was created by Gaz Regan in 1999 special for St. Patrick's Day. It's not a complicated recipe and if you look closely, you will see that is a sort of a twist on the Manhattan. The Grand Marnier gives this cocktail a supplement of orange flavor. And do not forget that you HAVE TO use Irish whiskey

2 ounces Irish whiskey

1/2 ounce sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce Grand Marnier

Orange bitters to taste

#53 Cocktail: Blackthorn

   There is no romantic or exciting story behind this cocktail even if it's a old classic one. Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's "The Savoy Cocktail Book" (1930), this variation of the Manhattan is delightful, if it's made with caution.
     The trick is to be very careful when using the absinthe, because it tends to ooverpower the other flavors. Because, the Manhattan is one of my favorite cocktails, of course that any variation wold be on my list of really good cocktails.

2 ounces Irish whiskey

1 ounce sweet vermouth

Angostura bitters to taste

Absinthe to taste