3 of the best Irish cocktails to toast autumn

Tired of drinking the same old cocktails?

With a change in seasons and chill in the air, chances are you’re looking for something with a bit more pizzazz to tantalise the taste buds.

These delicious concoctions will help perk up the palate…

With 11 botanicals under its belt, including bold juniper, pine and a touch of sweet coriander, Jawbox Classic Dry Gin (€45, 70cl, Celtic Whiskey Shop & Wines on the Green), works extremely well in cocktails.

Switch out Campari for Suze Liqueur and you’ll get a lighter take on a negroni, to ease you into happy hour.

Ingredients: 50ml Jawbox Gin, 25ml Suze Liqueur, 25ml white vermouth, grapefruit twist for garnish.

Method: Half-fill a tumbler with ice. Add the ingredients, stir slowly and garnish with a twist.

Distilled in Panama and finished in Irish whiskey casks on the west coast of Ireland, Two Shores Rum Single Malt (€60, 70cl, twoshoresrum.com), is a delicious slow sipper – and versatile enough to work like a dream in a rum old fashioned.

Ingredients: 60ml Two Shores Rum, 10ml sugar syrup, 3 dashes of Angostura Bitters, orange zest twist for garnish. Luxardo maraschino cherry optional.

Method: Half-fill a mixing glass with ice. Add the ingredients and stir until well chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube, express the oil of the orange twist, then drop into the glass to garnish.

Love the thought of a smoky whiskey cocktail? Take Micil Inverin Small Batch Whiskey (€45, 70cl, Micil Distillery) with its delightful peaty notes balanced by a fruity, honeyed sweetness; topped with soda and citrus to add some brightness, and there you have it. It’s a recipe sure to impress your friends.

Ingredients: 35.5ml Micil Inverin Whiskey, 15ml lemon juice, 10ml honey and ginger syrup, soda water and lemon twist for garnish.

Method: Half-fill a highball with ice. Add the whiskey, lemon juice and syrup, stir slowly, top with soda and garnish with a twist. Sláinte!