Dunbar Street sour

There's something about cocktails which have a story behind them which give them a certain mystique .This is one of those drinks .

Mcconnells whiskey is a distillery from my home town of Belfast in County Antrim , Northern Ireland. It is a relatively new distillery , well technically! It has recently been brought back to life but this cocktail tells the story of why the distillery disappeared for over a hundred years .

Dunbar Street was the home of one of the J&J McConnell’s warehouses in the early 1900s, until 1909 when disaster struck and a fire blazed through the building destroying 500,000 gallons of Irish Whiskey .

Imagine how much money that would have been back then !!!

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Ingredients

40 ml McConnell’s Irish Whisky

10 ml Elderflower liqueur

15 ml Lime juice

15 ml Sugar

05 ml of Saline

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Method

Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until frosty.

Strain into chilled coupe.

I garnished mine with a lime wheel and lemon thyme.

Drink down and enjoy Rustys.

Remember to drink better and responsibly.