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

Serve in a

Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	The Busker Blended Irish Whiskey
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup
2 fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water
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Garnish:

Lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE first three ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda water and lightly stir.

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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. (21.4° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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