Aul Man

Name: Aul Man
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 tsp Ginger-Honey Syrup; 8 ml Bitter Truth EXR; 60 ml Irish Whiskey; 2 Candied Ginger; 1 twst Lime Peel; 8 ml Lime Juice

A shaken Irish whiskey drink with lime and a double hit of ginger, from candied ginger and ginger-honey syrup. Created by Jason Westplate in 2015.

Similar names: Blind Man's Bluff, Brawny Man

Jason Westplate created the Aul Man in 2015 around Mitchell & Son Irish whiskey, chosen because its taste is richer than that of other Irish whiskeys. The recipe is kept simple, with EXR adding an herbal backdrop so that the whiskey's honey, ginger and woody notes from barrel aging stand out.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Sour

Strong

Sweet

Warm