Irish Drink Recipes: Hot or Cold a Delicious Irish Expression! (2024)

Let's lift our glasses to delicious Irish drink recipes! You don’t have to wait for a special occasion: some are perfect for the end of a busy day, a party for two orsimply a quiet night at home.

Many contain Irish cream, which is sumptuous as a dessert drink or the perfect topper for your coffee. Others contain an Irish favorite, Guinness Stout, a rich dark brew whose name makes you think immediately of Ireland.

Irish Drink Recipe #1: Frozen Irish Coffee

For the hot version of this classic concoction, visit our Irish Coffee article. For a delicious cold variation, read on!

Ingredients:

• ¼ C Kahlua (coffee liqueur)

• 2 C Vanilla Ice Cream

• ¼ C milk

• ¼ C Bailey’s Irish Cream

Directions

1. Pour all ingredients into a blender. Blend until well mixed and frothy.

2. Pour into glasses and serveIrish Cream Coffee

Irish Drink Recipe #2: Guinness Cola (Trojan Horse)

Guinness cola, also known as the Trojan Horse, is a popular summerdrink throughout most of the UK. It’s a great party drink, since theaddition of the cola cuts the cost of the drink dramatically and doublesthe distance for a bottle of stout.

This recipe makes two individual drinks

Ingredients

• 1-pint Guinness

• 1-pint cola

Directions

1. Pour a half bottle each of Guinness into two, one-pint beer mugs

2. Top with a half pint of cola in each mug and enjoy!

Irish Drink Recipe #3: Guinness Float

If you go looking, you’ll find all types of recipes for a Guinness float. Some of themrequire tons of ingredients. To us, simple is usually best,. and it tastes justas delicious.

Make sure you have very tall glasses when making theGuinness float.

Ingredients

• 1 bottle Guinness Stout

• 3 scoops of vanilla ice creamDirections

Directions

1. Put the scoops of ice cream into a tall glass.

2. Add the Guinness a bit at a time, allowing the head to go down before adding more.

3. Enjoy your Guinness Float!

Irish Drink Recipe #4: Blarney Stone co*cktail

A refreshing Irish co*cktail with an iconic name. One of our favorites!

Ingredients:

• ½ tsp triple sec

• ½ tsp anis liqueur

• ¼ tsp maraschino liqueur

• 2 oz Jameson, Green Spot, Connemara Peated Single Malt or other good Irish whiskey

• 1 olive

• 1 twist orange peel

• Crushed Ice

Directions

1. Put all the ingredients except the olive and twist into a shaker.

2. Shake and strain into a co*cktail glass.

3. Add the twist and the olive.

Irish Drink Recipe #5: Guinness Punch

This is another good Guinness stretcher, which is great for a party.

By blending only part of the recipe at a time, you won’t overfill theblender and have to clean the area after you pulse it.

Ingredients

• 2 cups evaporated milk

• 2 cups Guinness

• 1 ½ cup milk

• 2 cups ice

• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk

• 4 drops Aromatic bitters

• 2 pinches each of nutmeg and cinnamon

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients in a large pitcher except the ice.

2. Add ½ C of ice to blender.

3. Pour ¼ mixture into blender and pulse.Carefully!

Serving Suggestions for Irish Drinks

When making Frozen Irish coffee orIrish cream coffee; you can create a beautiful presentation by puttingchocolate curls (shavings) or sprinkling instant coffee on the top ofthe ice cream.

You don’t have to add the sugar in the Irish Cream Coffee. If youlike your coffee black, it makes it a bit too sweet. Adding more IrishCream is also quite acceptable.

When making the Irish Cream coffee, try Merrys instead ofBaileys, particularly if you’re on a budget. I’ve found it’s anexcellent substitute that some people like better, but costs quite a bitless than my favorite Bailey’s does.

I use either one, but since Merrysis a bit thicker, I like it better in mixed drinks.

The best time to serve Guinness Cola is on a hot day, as long as the beer and the cola are icy cold.

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