We love to enjoy Kalak neat, but here is a great way to spice it up while respecting that wonderful flavour and character.
Add 50 ml of Kalak Single Malt Vodka, large ice cube, small cinnamon stick and a curl of lemon zest into a tumbler. Leave to infuse for a few minutes, swirl, sip and enjoy!
Fresh herbs and citrus merge wonderfully with Kalak in this cooling summer quencher.
50 ml Kalak Single Malt Vodka
50 ml fresh grapefruit juice
6 tarragon Leaves
1 bar spoon of Sugar
Muddle the tarragon in a shaker with the grapefruit juice and sugar until the sugar has combined. Add in the Kalak and lots of ice. Seal and shake hard for ten seconds. Fine strain into a chilled glass. Add a dash of sparkling mineral water.
Grapefruit twist and tarragon sprig.
Discover the wicked and wild side of Kalak through Black Betty. She knows how to deliver a bittersweet smack of the most intense flavours.
50 ml Kalak Single Malt Vodka
10 ml Amaro Montenegro
1 Bar spoon of Irish blackcurrant jam
10 ml Fresh lemon juice
1 Dash of Peychaud’s Bitters
1 dash of orange bitters
Place all ingredients in a shaker and fill it with ice. Seal it and shake hard for 20 seconds. Fine strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Orange twist.
The classic Irish whiskey cocktail gets a contemporary Kalak twist. The creamy and biscuit notes in Kalak blend beautifully with the herbal Chartreuse and sweet vermouth.
35 ml Kalak Single Malt Vodka
15 ml Green Chartreuse
15 ml Sweet Italian vermouth
Pour all ingredients into a shaker with some ice. Stir for about 20 seconds and strain into a chilled tumbler. Stir the drink again for 10 seconds with the garnish, then fill the glass with ice and stir again with the garnish.
1 sprig of thyme studded with 3 green olives.
This brew needs a wee touch of a sweetened IPA to make it’s magic happen. Not all witch’s elixirs come out of cauldrons.
50 ml Kalak Single Malt Vodka
15 ml Wicklow Wolf IPA (sweetened reduction)
2 Dashes of orange bitters
1 Dash of Angostura bitters
Pour all ingredients into a shaker with some ice. Stir for twenty seconds. Strain into an iced tumbler. (For the sweetened reduction, heat 500ml of IPA in a saucepan until it reduced by two thirds. Allow to chill fully before use).
Half an orange slice.
Wild Ireland meets urban chic in this elegant and sophisticated take on the classic Martini.
50 ml Kalak Single Malt Vodka
Good dash of Lillet Blanc (5 or 10 ml depending on your taste)
Gently stir in large glass with lots of ice (do not shake!) Strain into into a chilled martini glass.
Lemon twist.
Earthy beetroot, spicy ginger, rocket leaves and the purity of Kalak – our Queen Beet sits on a decadent throne.
50 ml Kalak Single Malt Vodka
1 Teas spoon of cooked beetroot
10 ml Cockspur Falernum
Juice of half a lime
6 Rocket leaves
2 Cubes of crystallized ginger
Place beetroot, lime, ginger and rocket in a shaker and muddle hard for twenty seconds. Then pour in the liquor and shake hard for twenty seconds and fine strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Fresh nutmeg.
50ml Kalak Peat Cask Single Malt Vodka
2 dashes of Peychaud's bitters
1 dash of Orange bitters
1 bar spoon of sugar or sugar syrup (preferably demerara)
Splash of sparkling water
Muddle bitters, sugar and sparkling water in tumbler glass and serve on ice in a tumbler glass.
Garnish with orange peel and speared maraschino cherry.
50ml Kalak Peat Cask Single Malt Vodka
20ml fresh lemon juice
20ml honey-ginger syrup
To make the honey-ginger syrup, heat 1 cup water, 1 cup honey and 3 x 5cm fresh ginger slices in a saucepan. Bring to boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes. Allow to cool overnight in fridge and strain. Shake and serve tumbler over ice.
Garnish with with crystallised ginger.
50ml Kalak Peat Cask Single Malt Vodka
100ml tomato juice
10ml lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 dashes Worcestershire sauce
2 dashes Tabasco
Stir and garnish with celery stick and sprinkle of celery salt.
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