KNOCKCRANNY SPRING POP

KNOCKCRANNY SPRING POP

½ measure Chambord black raspberry liqueur

1½ measure Honey Jack Daniels Single Barrel Whiskey

½ measure Triple Sec

½ measure lime juice

Top with coke

Friends and family are important to me, and they came together last night in the KNOCKCRANNY SPRING POP cocktail that I hauled over to my friend Cindy’s house for a night of laughter with college buddies. My Dad helped with the laughter by supplying the cocktail recipe. He got it from the pub at the Knockcranny House Hotel in Westport, Ireland. The bartender had created it in a contest sponsored by Chambord and said it was something his crazy American daughter should try.

To make the KNOCKCRANNY SPRING POP, I put that interesting list of ingredients above — everything except the coke —into a cocktail shaker. I then added lots of ice, shook it well and strained it into a cocktail glass. I topped it off with a large dash of coke and a slice of lime for garnish.

I choose this cocktail because my girlfriends are fans of brown liquor and I thought it would be a new way to try it. That it was. The KNOCKCRANNY SPRING POP, in addition to being fun to say, was a very different way to drink whiskey. But it also made the already-sweet honey JD whiskey hard to taste. The sweet raspberry flavor of the Chambord takes over this cocktail, and whether that is a good or bad thing depends on the drinker. I love Chambord and really digged it in the KNOCKCRANNY SPRING POP, but only after adding some ice to my drink and giving it a melt. The cocktail has a bit to it, but it grew on me by the second one. Definitely worth a try.

Drink Up^

Cocktail Connie