Many of us love to kick up our heels at the weekend and enjoy a cold, refreshing drink. On an ambitious evening, I make myself a gin and tonic, but these beautiful cocktails, collected from hotel bars across the country, look so good it may be time to dust off my Martini shaker. Some of these recipes require special ingredients, but most can be adapted with the ingredients you have at hand.
If we can't travel outside our 5km, at least we can enjoy a little piece of hotel luxury from home.
*There's nothing wrong with indulging in a few cocktails in the evening, but please drink responsibly - you can find out more about responsible drinking habits in this recent article and from Drinkaware.ie.
Urchin – Cliff Townhouse, Dublin
Whiskey Sour
Whiskey Sour, Cliff Townhouse
Ingredients:
50ml Dwd Whiskey,
25ml lemon juice,
25ml sugar syrup,
30ml egg white
Method:
1 Add all ingredients to a shaker, dry shake first, then add ice. Shake again and fine strain into a sour glass.2 Garnish with a lemon peel & cherry.www.clifftownhouse.ie/urchin-bar
Ice House Hotel, Ballina, Co Mayo
Bloody Mary
Bloody Mary, Ice House Hotel
Ingredients:
50ml Straw Boys Vodka
200ml tomato Juice
5ml lemon juice
3 shake of Worcestershire Sauce
Achill Island Smoked Sea Salt
3 shakes Tabasco Sauce
Red Peppercorn Pepper
Celery to garnish
Method:
1 Place the ice in cocktail shaker. Measure the vodka, tomato juice and lemon juice and pour it straight onto the ice. 2 Add 3 shakes of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco and a pinch of celery salt and pepper. Shake well, and then strain the cocktail into tall glass over ice cubes.3 Top up with fresh ice, add a celery thin slices and garnish glass rim with mixed peppercorns.www.icehousehotel.ie
The recipe for this cocktail was provided by bar manager Sean McGoldrick.
The Shelbourne Bramble
Shelbourne Bramble, The Shelbourne
Ingredients:
40ml Gunpowder Gin
20ml Lemon
10ml sugar
10ml Chambord
20ml Raspberry and Apple Coulis.
Method:
1 The first step is to make raspberry and apple coulis. Peel and chop three green apples. Place the chopped apples in a saucepan. Add ½ cup of water and 200g of sugar and bring to the boil until the apples are soft. Add 200 grams of raspberries and allow to simmer for a further five minutes. Add more water if the consistency becomes like jam. Add the mixture to a blender and mix, coulis should be a pale pinkish red and have a smooth consistency. Strain the mixture from the blender to remove pips.2 Please note this cocktail is a half build / half shake cocktail.3 Add the raspberry and apple coulis to the bottom of your whiskey glass.4 Add 10ml of Chambord Liqueur and give it a quick stir.5 Add crushed or cubed ice to fill the glass.6 Add 40ml Gunpowder Gin, 20ml lemon and 20ml sugar into a cocktail shaker and shake.7 Then add this mixture slowly to your whiskey glass.8 The drink should become layered. 9 Add Raspberries as a garnish.www.theshelbourne.com
Carton House, Maynooth, Co Kildare
Honeycomb Old Fashioned
Honeycomb Old Fashioned, Carton House
Ingredients:
50ml Woodford Reserve Bourbon
10 ml Honeycomb syrup
3 dashes Chocolate bitters
Ice cubes
Garnish: Homemade Honeycomb wedge
Method:
1 Pre-chill your old fashioned glass with cubed ice. 2 Add the Bourbon, syrup and bitters into a separate mixing glass. Top up the mixing glass 2/3 with cubed ice. Stir well with a mixing spoon for 30 seconds. 3 Using a julep strainer, strain the ingredients into the pre chilled old fashioned glass over the ice. 4 Garnish with a honeycomb wedge and enjoy!www.cartonhouse.com
This recipe is from Adare Manor's resort mixologist, Ariel Sanecki.
Classic gin Martini
Classic Gin Martini, Adare Manor
Makes one cocktail
Ingredients:
71ml Star of Bombay gin
5ml Noilly Prat Vermouth
Method:
1 Stirred - in a mixing glass or cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine gin and Noilly Prat Vermouth. Stir well, about 30 seconds, then strain into a chilled Martini glass or Champagne coupe. Garnish with olive or lemon twist and serve.www.adaremanor.com
This recipe is inspired by The Twelve’s Brown Bag Cocktails, which are available to order nationwide, from bar manager Simon King.
Afternoon Tea For Two
Afternoon Tea for Two, The Twelve Hotel
Makes two cocktails
Ingredients:
100ml Hennessy VS
20ml Irish Mist
80ml Jasmine tea
30ml Honey syrup
40ml Citric acid apple juice
Method:
1 Make fresh jasmine tea and leave to cool. 2 Make your honey syrup using a 3:1 ratio with boiling water. 3 Make the citric acid apple juice by adding 10g citric acid to 100ml of apple juice.4 Shake all the ingredients together with ice and strain into a martini glass, enjoy over ice or even as a spritz with Prosecco. www.thetwelvehotel.ie
Many of us love to kick up our heels at the weekend and enjoy a cold, refreshing drink. On an ambitious evening, I make myself a gin and tonic, but these beautiful cocktails, collected from hotel bars across the country, look so good it may be time to dust off my Martini shaker. Some of these recipes require special ingredients, but most can be adapted with the ingredients you have at hand.
If we can't travel outside our 5km, at least we can enjoy a little piece of hotel luxury from home.
*There's nothing wrong with indulging in a few cocktails in the evening, but please drink responsibly - you can find out more about responsible drinking habits in this recent article and from Drinkaware.ie.
Urchin – Cliff Townhouse, Dublin
Whiskey Sour
Whiskey Sour, Cliff Townhouse
Ingredients:
50ml Dwd Whiskey,
25ml lemon juice,
25ml sugar syrup,
30ml egg white
Method:
1 Add all ingredients to a shaker, dry shake first, then add ice. Shake again and fine strain into a sour glass.2 Garnish with a lemon peel & cherry.www.clifftownhouse.ie/urchin-bar
Ice House Hotel, Ballina, Co Mayo
Bloody Mary
Bloody Mary, Ice House Hotel
Ingredients:
50ml Straw Boys Vodka
200ml tomato Juice
5ml lemon juice
3 shake of Worcestershire Sauce
Achill Island Smoked Sea Salt
3 shakes Tabasco Sauce
Red Peppercorn Pepper
Celery to garnish
Method:
1 Place the ice in cocktail shaker. Measure the vodka, tomato juice and lemon juice and pour it straight onto the ice. 2 Add 3 shakes of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco and a pinch of celery salt and pepper. Shake well, and then strain the cocktail into tall glass over ice cubes.3 Top up with fresh ice, add a celery thin slices and garnish glass rim with mixed peppercorns.www.icehousehotel.ie
The recipe for this cocktail was provided by bar manager Sean McGoldrick.
The Shelbourne Bramble
Shelbourne Bramble, The Shelbourne
Ingredients:
40ml Gunpowder Gin
20ml Lemon
10ml sugar
10ml Chambord
20ml Raspberry and Apple Coulis.
Method:
1 The first step is to make raspberry and apple coulis. Peel and chop three green apples. Place the chopped apples in a saucepan. Add ½ cup of water and 200g of sugar and bring to the boil until the apples are soft. Add 200 grams of raspberries and allow to simmer for a further five minutes. Add more water if the consistency becomes like jam. Add the mixture to a blender and mix, coulis should be a pale pinkish red and have a smooth consistency. Strain the mixture from the blender to remove pips.2 Please note this cocktail is a half build / half shake cocktail.3 Add the raspberry and apple coulis to the bottom of your whiskey glass.4 Add 10ml of Chambord Liqueur and give it a quick stir.5 Add crushed or cubed ice to fill the glass.6 Add 40ml Gunpowder Gin, 20ml lemon and 20ml sugar into a cocktail shaker and shake.7 Then add this mixture slowly to your whiskey glass.8 The drink should become layered. 9 Add Raspberries as a garnish.www.theshelbourne.com
Carton House, Maynooth, Co Kildare
Honeycomb Old Fashioned
Honeycomb Old Fashioned, Carton House
Ingredients:
50ml Woodford Reserve Bourbon
10 ml Honeycomb syrup
3 dashes Chocolate bitters
Ice cubes
Garnish: Homemade Honeycomb wedge
Method:
1 Pre-chill your old fashioned glass with cubed ice. 2 Add the Bourbon, syrup and bitters into a separate mixing glass. Top up the mixing glass 2/3 with cubed ice. Stir well with a mixing spoon for 30 seconds. 3 Using a julep strainer, strain the ingredients into the pre chilled old fashioned glass over the ice. 4 Garnish with a honeycomb wedge and enjoy!www.cartonhouse.com
This recipe is from Adare Manor's resort mixologist, Ariel Sanecki.
Classic gin Martini
Classic Gin Martini, Adare Manor
Makes one cocktail
Ingredients:
71ml Star of Bombay gin
5ml Noilly Prat Vermouth
Method:
1 Stirred - in a mixing glass or cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine gin and Noilly Prat Vermouth. Stir well, about 30 seconds, then strain into a chilled Martini glass or Champagne coupe. Garnish with olive or lemon twist and serve.www.adaremanor.com
This recipe is inspired by The Twelve’s Brown Bag Cocktails, which are available to order nationwide, from bar manager Simon King.
Afternoon Tea For Two
Afternoon Tea for Two, The Twelve Hotel
Makes two cocktails
Ingredients:
100ml Hennessy VS
20ml Irish Mist
80ml Jasmine tea
30ml Honey syrup
40ml Citric acid apple juice
Method:
1 Make fresh jasmine tea and leave to cool. 2 Make your honey syrup using a 3:1 ratio with boiling water. 3 Make the citric acid apple juice by adding 10g citric acid to 100ml of apple juice.4 Shake all the ingredients together with ice and strain into a martini glass, enjoy over ice or even as a spritz with Prosecco. www.thetwelvehotel.ie
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