Cocktails with Irish whiskey
Irish whiskey is a grain spirit distilled and aged in Ireland, typically triple-distilled for a lighter body.
ABV40–46%
Taste profile
Smoothness leads, over gentle cereal and orchard-fruit notes with a light honeyed sweetness and, in most styles, little to no peat smoke.
How it's used
Reached for when a softer, less smoky whiskey base is wanted, it is poured as the base measure in stirred and built drinks and stands up to shaking with citrus and sugar.
Substitutes for Irish whiskey
A blended Scotch whisky or a lighter bourbon of comparable proof.
Description
Distillers work from malted and unmalted barley or other grains, run the spirit through the still — often three times — and mature it in wood for a minimum of three years on the island of Ireland. The category spans single pot still, single malt, single grain and blended expressions.
Origin
Whiskey-making in Ireland is a long-established tradition, and Irish styles are historically associated with triple distillation and a lighter, unpeated character.
