3/4 ounce Bailey’s Irish Cream
3/4 ounce Rumple Minze
2 dashes of heavy cream
Shake all ingredients with ice; then strain into a chilled cordial glass.
Irish Fix
1 teaspoon simple syrup
2 ounces Irish whiskey
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/2 orange slice and 1/2 lime wheel
2 teaspoons Irish Mist
Add the simple syrup, whiskey, and lemon juice to a chilled highball glass. Fill with cracked ice, and stir well. Garnish with orange and lime, and float the Irish Mist on top.
Green Briar
2 1/2 ounces Scotch
1 ounce sweet vermouth
Dash of Cointreau
Maraschino cherry or twist of lemon peel
Shake the Scotch, vermouth, and Cointreau with ice; then strain into a chilled cordial glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry or lemon peel.
Source: Field Guide to Cocktails by Rob Chirico (Quirk Books, 2005). For more information, visit www.quirkbooks.com.