St. Kevin's Cocktail Recipe In celebration of tomorrow's St. Patrick's Day, we've been enjoying Glenadalough Irish whiskey this week. St. Patrick is, of course, the patron saint of Ireland. The patron saint of Glendalough, though, is St. Kevin. St. Patrick's legendary nature miracle was clearing Ireland...
Craft Irish Whiskey for St. Patrick's Day We got our first taste of the Irish whiskey revival last spring at a Glendalough pop-up at Service Bar. Since then, we've grown in our appreciation for Irish whiskey as a more companionable spirit for mixing. We understand now...
Angostura Bitters This week we turn our attention to the shelf on the bar where we keep the weird and wonderful collection of small bottles that occupy what we think of as the spice rack of our bar. The big bottles almost always get the spotlight. Not...
Irish Sherry Cobbler Cocktail Recipe Ever since we tasted Service Bar's delightfully fancy cobbler at the Glendalough Cocktail Pop Up, cobblers have been on our mind. As we mentioned in previous posts, the cobbler is a very old drink, and to the historical purists not strictly...
Black and Blue Highball Recipe This week, we're applying our mixing skills to beer. We know we're sledding uphill. Most people prefer their beer taken unmixed, and many beer mixed drinks are an acquired taste. But give us a chance. People have been mixing beer in...
Liquor 101: Irish Whiskey The Irish may have created whiskey. They also may not have. The Scots stridently argue that they're the original whiskey distillers. Apparently, the vikings also have a claim, though modern Scandinavians don't seem to stake that claim in quite the same way...
Whiskey Classics Week: Blackthorn Cocktail Recipe In a recent effort to expand our whiskey repertoire, we've been trawling the Savoy Cocktail Book for Prohibition era whiskey cocktails. This week, we're sharing with you a handful of our favorites from this collection of unfamiliar classics. One thing we...