by KIRK MILLER

How to Perfect Your Irish Coffee

Irish Coffee by Tim Herlihy

Ingredients

– 1.5 oz Lost Irish Irish whiskey – .5 oz demerara syrup – 3.5 oz dark roast coffee – Thumb of prepared Heavy Cream (36% fat content)

Irish Coffee by Tim Herlihy

Directions

1. Pre-heat a 6-ounce, heatproof glass by filling it with hot water. Once warm, empty the glass. 2. Add whiskey, simple syrup and coffee to the glass, and quickly stir to combine the ingredients. 3. Float a thumb layer of cream over the top.

Dublin Coffee from Teeling

Ingredients

– 1.5 parts Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey – 4 parts local coffee roast – .5 part stout syrup* – Bar spoon of heavy cream

Dublin Coffee from Teeling

Directions

1. Stout syrup: 33 oz. Craft Stout beer, 35 oz. Muscovado dark sugar, 1 part juniper berries, .5 part whole cloves, 5 cinnamon sticks, 2 star anise, 1 peel of an orange, pinch of sea salt 2. In a warmed glass, mix Teeling Whiskey, brewed coffee, syrup and stir to combine. 3. Top with cream from the back of a bar spoon. 4. Garnish with grated nutmeg.

Keeper’s Heart Irish Coffee

Ingredients

– 2 oz Keeper’s Heart whiskey – .66 oz pure MN maple syrup – 10 oz hot coffee – 1 scoop clotted cream

Keeper’s Heart Irish Coffee

Directions

1. Add Keeper’s Heart and maple syrup to the mug followed by coffee. 2. Garnish with a heavy dollop of clotted cream

It seems obvious now: The best winter drink should always involve hot coffee and whisky in some form.

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