Tipperary Cocktail Recipe
Irish whiskey, sweet vermouth and green Chartreuse — a Manhattan with the herbal volume turned all the way up.
- Category: New Era Drinks
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 26%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
Ingredients
- Irish whiskey45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Sweet red vermouth30 ml (1 oz)
- Green Chartreuse15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Angostura bitters2 dash
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until well chilled.
- Strain into a chilled coupe.
- Express orange zest over the surface.
Garnish
Orange zest
What it tastes like
It has a green, botanical backdrop, the spirit is right out front and it is layered, giving you something different each sip.
The technique
Stirring. All-spirit drinks are stirred — shaking whips air into them and ruins both the clarity and the texture. Thirty to forty seconds in a mixing glass, the spoon tracing the wall. You are after the same ~20% dilution, just slower and under control.
Glass and ice
A stemmed, shallow coupe. The stem keeps your hand's warmth away from the drink, and the wide bowl carries the aroma to your nose. Served without ice.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Irish whiskey
- Triple-distilled, smooth and without smoke. A non-peated blended Scotch stands in for it; use bourbon and the drink turns noticeably sweeter.
- Sweet red vermouth
- Once opened it lives IN THE FRIDGE and should be finished within a month; a bottle left at room temperature oxidises in a few weeks and sours the drink.
- Green Chartreuse
- The 55% liqueur French monks make from 130 plants. Nothing really tastes like it and nothing really replaces it; yellow Chartreuse is sweeter and 40%.
- Angostura bitters
- The salt of the cocktail world. Measured in dashes, not millilitres: a few of them cut the sweetness and add spice. One bottle lasts years.
The Story
Printed by Hugo Ensslin in 1916 and named after the wartime marching song, back when Irish whiskey outsold Scotch.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Tipperary mixed?
- It is stirred and served in a coupe.
- How strong is a Tipperary?
- Roughly 26% ABV as served — a spirit-strength drink — sipped slowly, and it wants a glass of water beside it.
- Can a Tipperary be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Tipperary hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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