Honorable Mention Cocktail
A light and "green" Irish Whisky cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Irish Whisky (I used Powers)
- 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
- 1/2 oz Amontillado Sherry
- 1/2 oz 1:1 Cane Simple Syrup
- 1 tsp Absinthe
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 oz Soda Water
- 5 Large Mint Leaves
Instructions
- Add everything other than the Mint and Soda t your shaker tin.
- Add ice and shake hard for about 12 seconds.
- Double strain the drink into the large part of the tin.
- Add the mint leaves to the drink and gently press them 5 times with a muddler to release their oils.
- Add the soda to the tin and strain the drink into a cocktail glass with ice.