It won’t take long to craft the Tipperary cocktail with enough Irish whiskey and green Chartreuse.
Much of my cultural education as a child came from cartoons and comics. Any random Bugs Bunny short would have me scratching my head at a reference or joke, leading me to our family’s set of encyclopedias, or just asking my parents outright what was so funny. Musically speaking, cartoons are also how I discovered the works of Rossini, Bach and Mozart. Fantasia alone was chock full of classical pieces, and probably the first time many children had heard them.
Tonight’s cocktail made me think of one such example. In It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Snoopy in his WWI Flying Ace garb marched around to the tune “It’s a Long Way To Tipperary”, as Schroeder played it on his minuscule piano. From 1912, it was a British sing-along song, popular in the pubs and taverns of Albion. Writer Jack Judge, whose parents were Irish and whose grandparents came from Tipperary, wrote the song—along with Harry Williams—from a sense of missing home. During the Great War, it became a popular marching tune, especially amongst Irish troops.
Around the same time, the Tipperary tipple came about. A mixture of green Chartreuse, sweet vermouth and Irish whiskey, it was an early example of the latter spirit being featured prominently in a mixed drink.
What is the best whiskey to use in a Tipperary cocktail?
Why Irish whiskey, of course. There are plenty of famous and reliable brands to choose from, like Jameson and Bushmills, for example. I’ve recently grown fond of Tullamore D.E.W. and will often sip on a few fingers of the buttery sweet dram with an ice-cold pint of Guinness. Used in tonight’s drink, it offers a lovely counterbalance to the earthy complexity of the green Chartreuse, mixing nicely with the spiced, citrus and fruity notes present in the herbal liqueur.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey
- 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
- 1/2 ounce Green Chartreuse
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Orange twist for garnish
Instructions
- Pour the Irish whiskey, sweet vermouth, Green Chartreuse, and Angostura bitters into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir well until fully chilled.
- Strain the mixed drink into a chilled coupe glass.
- Express the oils from an orange twist over the cocktail and then drop it in as a garnish.
Nutrition
What glassware and garnish are used?
Pour your stirred concoction into a long-stemmed coupe. Express the oils from an orange peel over your cocktail and place it on the rim for garnish.
What is the difference between “whiskey” and “whisky”?
Whiskey that comes from the United States and Ireland is spelled with an “e”, whereas when it comes from Canada, Japan or Scotland, it is spelled without one. This difference is from a combination of Gaelic translations and to ensure the spirits are distinguished from each other.
Other cocktails similar to the Tipperary
Have a few bottles of Chartreuse lying around, and unsure of what to do with them? Let Twist & Toast make a few suggestions for you. Below you’ll find a handful of elegant and robust tipples that’ll give that Chartreuse you have a workout. Explore the site for even more thirst-quenching ideas.
- Greenpoint – This spiced and herbaceous whiskey dram is helped along with yellow Chartreuse.
- Bijou – Green Chartreuse, gin and sweet vermouth combine in this botanical drink.
- Alaska – Yellow Chartreuse and gin create this herbaceous sipper.
- Flying Dutchman – Bénédictine, genever and yellow Chartreuse craft this full-bodied elixir.
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