BLACKS GETTING INTO THE ‘SPIRIT’ OF ST. PATRICK’S DAY WITH LIMITED EDITION SHAMROCK GIN

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BLACKS GETTING INTO ‘SPIRIT’ OF ST. PATRICK’S DAY

-Blacks Brewery & Distillery Release Limited Edition Shamrock Gin-

 

 

Forget gold, this St. Patrick’s Day there is Blacks at the end of the rainbow! As we once again face a St. Patrick’s Day in lockdown, Blacks, Ireland's first co-located brewery & distillery, are not letting this dampen their spirits.

 

With a reputation for pushing the boundaries of flavour when crafting their range of award-winning spirits, and escaping the mundane of the mass market by producing craft beers with passion, personality and lots of hops, Blacks launch a limited-edition Shamrock Gin.

 

This Blacks Shamrock Gin is a small batch distillery exclusive as part of their Blacks Experimental Series, which also includes a Peach Moonshine. This Paddy’s Day must-have is infused with Shamrock & Mint to give this gin a mouth-watering Irish twist.

 

To ensure the perfect serve, this limited-edition St. Patrick’s Day spirit comes with the essentials to make a Blacks Shamrock Shake - Blacks Shamrock Gin (70cl) and a bottle of Monin Frosted Mint Syrup (70cl). All you have to do is add ice, fresh lemon and Sláinte! (see below for full recipe)

 

This special offer is available exclusively through the Blacks online store and retails at €47. Order yours today at www.blacksbrewery.com/shop/. To stay up to date on new exclusives and offers follow Blacks on Facebook\BlacksBrewery&Distillery, Instagram\blacksbrewery and Twitter @BlacksBrewery

 

Blacks Shamrock Shake

 

Ingredients

60 ml Blacks Shamrock Gin

3 Wedges of Lemon

10ml Frosted Mint Syrup

10 ml Sugar Syrup ( 1:1 ratio of water: sugar)

Garnish

Fresh Shamrock

Instructions

1.    Muddle lemon wedges, mint syrup and sugar syrup in a long glass

2.    Add Blacks Shamrock Gin and top up with ice

3.    Stir the contents of the glass until chilled and diluted

4.    Top up with more ice and garnish with a lemon wedge and fresh shamrock

Mead Cocktail Recipes from Kate and Denis of the Kinsale Mead Company. Intriguing!

Mead Cocktail Recipes from Kate and Denis

 of the Kinsale Mead Company. Intriguing!

Many of you will know that Kinsale Mead are holding a series of online tastings. Cocktails keep coming up during the conversations. Kate and Denis (left) have kindly supplied some of their recipes and they look tempting! I enjoyed one of their tastings last month - details here. Keep an eye on their Facebook page here for the next one!

Bees Knees This is a mead take on the classic 1920's prohibition era cocktail. Honey and lemon was added to mask the taste and smell of bathtub gin. 1 measure of premium Irish Gin 2 measures of Atlantic Dry Mead ½ measure of honey syrup ½ measure of fresh lemon juice Shake and pour in a coupe cocktail glass with a lemon twist garnish. The gins we mentioned were Beara Ocean Gin, Blacks of Kinsale, Dingle Gin and Gunpowder Gin. Mulled Mead A warming drink for cold winter evenings. 1 bottle of Wild Red Mead 1 cinnamon stick Piece of star anise Strip of orange peel 2 tsp of honey to taste Warm gently in a pan and soon the whole house will be filled with the lovely aromas. Serve in a heatproof glass.  We're working on a version using Atlantic Dry Mead but we haven't perfected it yet. Trial and error! Watch this space.  Mead Sangria This Mead Sangria is summer in a glass, all year round! ½ measure of Cointreau 2 measures of Hazy Summer Mead 1 ½ measures of cranberry juice Dash of fresh lime Serve over ice with an orange slice You can substitute the Hazy Summer Mead with our Wild Red Mead.  More Cocktail Recipes New mead cocktails coming so keep an eye out. We sometimes include them in our email newsletter along with other recipes such as the boozy chocolate and cranberry brownie recipe. Not a subscriber? Subscribe on our sign up page.