Dagda's Choice

Name: Dagda's Choice
Ingredients: 2.5 oz Blended Irish Whiskey; .5 oz Mezcal; .25 oz Green Chartreuse; .5 oz Ginger Simple Syrup; 1 dash(es) Angostura Aromatic Bitters; 1 dash(es) Peychaud's Bitters

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By Noah Heath

Submitted on: March 15, 2022

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With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I wanted to do a few recipes focusing on Irish whiskey (naturally). While looking for inspiration, I fell down the Wikipedia rabbit hole and ended up on Irish Folk Mythology and the page about Dagda. “Dagda is portrayed as a father-figure, king, and Druid. He is associated with agriculture, manliness and strength, as well as magic, druidry and wisdom. He can control life and death, the weather and crops, as well as time and the seasons.” The base of the drink is...

Ingredients

2.5 oz
Blended Irish Whiskey

.5 oz
Mezcal

.25 oz
Green Chartreuse

.5 oz
Ginger Simple Syrup

1 dash(es)
Angostura Aromatic Bitters

1 dash(es)
Peychaud's Bitters

Instructions

Garnish

Rosemary Sprig

Build

Stir & Strain

Glass

Old Fashioned

Estimated strength

About 28% ABV (estimate)

By Noah Heath

Mixologist

I'm just a guy who, like most people two years go, found himself with a lot free time and a bar full of odds and ends and figured out he liked making cocktails while in quarantine! I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen, this seemed like the next great frontier to scratch that creative itch!...

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Smoke a rocks glass with rosemary and set aside. In a mixing glass with ice, combine all the ingredients and stir to dilute and chill. Strain into the smoked glass with a fresh block of ice. Garnish with a freshly lit rosemary sprig. Enjoy!

Editor's Note

A bold, spirit-forward sipper where Irish whiskey's malt meets smoky mezcal. Green Chartreuse and ginger syrup add layers of herbal spice, all wrapped in the aroma of smoked rosemary.