Name: Limerick
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Irish whiskey; 30 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 60 ml Soda water

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Irish whiskey

1 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Limerick contains 187 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
10.7% alc./vol. (21.39° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Doug Charnock Premium Member 2y

Nice sipper for a Summer afternoon on the porch. Just a nit - there’s not an alcohol content listing for this recipe. It’s a nice touch to have the standard drink information to encourage responsible consumption. I really appreciate that feature of the website.

James Pratt Premium Member 2y

I noticed this on a few entries including some my own that I’ve added. It occurs where ‘to top’ is used for, eg, soda. If you specify an actual amount then a unit count is provided.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

You're right, Doug. Our software needs a liquid volume for each ingredient to calculate the strength. Hence, since 2019, I've stipulated volumes rather than used "Top with," and I've been revisiting old recipes to also add the sweet to dry/sour scale - just 1,000s of recipes to work my way through. In the meantime, I've stipulated a volume for the soda above.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

Went with the Redbreast on this one as suggested. Very nice and refreshing. Great combination of the Irish Whiskey and lime. BTW, nice play on the words of the cocktail name Mr. Difford. So do we call it a "Limerick" or a "Lime-Rick? Hmmm.

Michael Westbrook 4y

I like it. Made it with Clontarf which turned out actually quite mild. Next time I'd go for a Green Spot or Redbreast, because you need a full flavour. The butter biscuit / vanilla note of Irish whisky in combination with the lime tartness is reminiscent of a Key lime pie.