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

Limerick
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Irish whiskey
1 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.
Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Cocktail of the day:

12th May 2025 is Limerick Day

Review:

A long stretched and so refreshing Irish whiskey lime sour.

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History:

Basically, an Irish whiskey Ricky.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Limerick contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
10.7% alc./vol. (10.7° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Doug Charnock

12th May 2024 at 01:04

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.

Simon Difford

13th May 2024 at 09:14

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.

James Pratt

12th May 2024 at 08:38

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.

Miguel Perales

12th May 2022 at 18:36

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

1st December 2021 at 17:37

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.

G. M. Genovese

18th January at 14:16

I just made this with Clonakilty and I did enjoy it. But noted as far as Clontarf. I can see that falling short.

Siriusly Sirius

12th May 2022 at 14:01

Redbreast for sure - it makes an excellent sour. So, it would be just as fantastic in a Limerick.

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