Irish Coffee: Ruby Decoder

Name: Irish Coffee: Ruby Decoder
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Irish whiskey; 4 oz hot coffee; 2 tsp brown sugar; Lightly whipped cream; 1/2 oz pink grapefruit juice

Foynes, Ireland Europe/Dublin

History

Chef Joe Sheridan served the warming combination to delayed passengers at Foynes airbase in 1943. Travel writer Stanton Delaplane carried it to San Francisco. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Grapefruit introduces bracing bitterness and a clean, ruby-toned snap.

Whiskey · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

11 1/2 oz Irish whiskey
24 oz hot coffee
32 tsp brown sugar
4Lightly whipped cream
51/2 oz pink grapefruit juice

Method

01Dissolve sugar in hot coffee and whiskey; float cold cream over a spoon.
02Add grapefruit with the citrus or mixer and prepare as directed.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.