In Irish Kitchen Cocktails, industry pro Oisín Davis shows you how easy it is to make cocktails with Irish spirits using everyday kitchen equipment.
Ireland is home to some of the best distilleries on the planet, and it's no longer just whiskey. We’re also creating incredible Irish gins, poitíns, vodkas, rums, liqueurs, meads, vermouths and fruit distillates. Understanding the basics of cocktails will allow you to explore these Irish spirits in delicious – and easy – ways.
Do you have a spoon and a large bowl? You can stir up the perfect punch for any kind of party, like Mrs Doyle's Iced Tea. Remember that NutriBullet you bought because you wanted to go on a smoothie diet? Dust it off and you can rock out a whole heap of frozen cocktails, like a Frozen Jameson, Ginger Ale & Lime. Got a decent-sized jug and a hand blender? You can lash together amazing cocktails in minutes, including a Wicklow Wanderer. Found yourself in a cocktail emergency? Be prepared with drinks such as The Ginger Divil. Sláinte!
By:
Oisin Davis
Imprint: Nine Bean Rows Books
Country of Publication: Ireland
Dimensions:
Height: 190mm,
Width: 139mm,
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781739210526
ISBN 10: 1739210522
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
Oisín 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. Oisín's 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. Oisín 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, Oisín 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.
Reviews for Irish Kitchen Cocktails: 60 Recipes You Can Make at Home with Everyday Equipment
""Oisín Davis makes drinking fun, and Irish Kitchen Cocktails makes cocktail making fun, and shows how the great spirits we distill in Ireland can make world-class drinks. Vive Cum Gaudio – Latin for Live with Joy – is Oisín’s signature. Irish Kitchen Cocktails will help you to live with joy."" – John and Sally McKenna, McKennas Guides