Irish Kitchen Cocktails

Oisin Davis is a self-confessed wizened old warhorse of the Irish drinks industry. His earliest work years saw him battling in the trenches of hospitality, taking on roles as varied as a dive bar doorman in San Francisco to a music promoter for clubs and venues. In 1999, he opened The Sugar Club on Dublin's Leeson Street and worked as their general manager for 13 years. Staffing shortages there forced him to learn the craft of cocktail bartending and he quickly grew to enjoy it. His love for Irish spirits and cocktails led him to establish Ireland's first dedicated drinks consultancy, Great Irish Beverages. Through this company, he has run nationwide drinks festivals and has worked all over the world educating and marketing for Jameson's global team. He also manages publicity for some of Ireland's most prestigious spirits and iconic whiskeys. Oisin has an award-winning monthly column in Food & Wine Magazine with the Business Post and is a regular radio and TV contributor. When not working, Oisin can be found taking icy dips at his beloved Forty Foot or destroying his kitchen by cooking and serving lengthy meals for his long-suffering family and friends. @oisindavis

Introduction; Irish kitchen cocktail essentials. 1. FROZEN BLENDER COCKTAILS: Frozen gin & tonic; Frozen Club Orange gin fizz; Frozen Jameson, ginger ale & lime; Frozen poitin pina colada; Frozen Irish mule; Chocolate riot; Frozen Irish coffee 2. FRIDGE DOOR COCKTAILS Old fashioned; Stout old fashioned; All-Irish old fashioned; Black Barrel boulevardier; The emerald;
Wicklow wanderer; Blackwater martini; Gunpowder negroni; White negroni; Bertha's rickey; Bee's knees 3. WHOPPER PARTY PUNCH BOWLS: All-Irish punch bowl; Synger Minger surprise; Mrs Doyle's iced tea; Summer soiree; Halloween hooley punch; Killahora medley; Hibiscus & Irish rum punch 4. EMERGENCY GATECRASHER COCKTAILS: Stonewell cider spritz; Caskmates grapefruit shandy; Holy Irish trinity; The ginger divil; Irish honey julep; Elderflower Collins; Lady Roisin 5. WINTER HAND WARMERS: Hot buttered Irish rum; Irish coffee; Mulled apple & whiskey; Hot pear & chestnut; Ginger hot toddy; Gin hot toddy; Mulled Kinsale mead 6. HOMEMADE INFUSIONS: Wild elderflower gin; Spiced gin; Spiced vodka; Plum vodka; Wham Bar vodka jelly shots; Rhubarb & honey whiskey; Crab apple & ginger whiskey; Sloe whiskey; Blackberry & honey poitin; Poitin limoncello 7. IRISH CREAM DESSERT COCKTAILS: Irish cream Alexander; Pimped-out Baileys hot chocolate; Irish cream espresso; Five Farms frozen mochaccino; Coconut Irish cream 8. HANGOVER HELPERS: Sally's birthday Bloody Mary; Bloody Molly; Jameson pickleback; Berrisimo & OJ; Irish espresso martini; Belfast coffee