Tipperary
Irish whiskey, alpine herbs.
A stirred mix of Irish whiskey, sweet vermouth and green Chartreuse, with a touch of Angostura. The Chartreuse herbs add depth and warmth to the whiskey in a drink close to a Manhattan but more aromatic.
- IBA · New Era
- After dinner
- Stirred
- Glass
- Cocktail glass
- Method
- Stirred
- Strength
- Strong
- Time
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- No ice
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Irish whiskey
50 ml
-
Sweet red vermouth
25 ml
-
Green Chartreuse
15 ml
-
Angostura bitters
2 dashes
Garnish
- Orange slice
Proportions
How to make
- Chill a cocktail glass.
- Fill a mixing glass with ice.
- Pour the Irish whiskey.
- Add the sweet red vermouth.
- Add the green Chartreuse.
- Add two dashes of Angostura.
- Stir well.
- Strain into the chilled glass.
- Garnish with an orange slice.
The story
Origins
ProbableA plausible account, without definitive proof.
The first printed Tipperary recipe appears in Hugo R. Ensslin's Recipes for Mixed Drinks, the work of a German-born New York bartender, in its 1916 edition: Bushmills Irish whiskey, Chartreuse and Italian vermouth in equal parts. A popular story has it born in a Manhattan bar, when a guest humming the hit song 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary' asked for something Irish. In 1922 Harry MacElhone's ABC of Mixing Cocktails offered a drier, more whiskey-forward ratio that shaped modern versions, while the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book went back to equal parts. The IBA lists it among the New Era drinks.
Taste profile
- Herbal
- 4 out of 5
- Strong
- 4 out of 5
- Bitter
- 2 out of 5
- Sweet
- 2 out of 5
