Name: Donegal
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Irish whiskey; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Mandarin liqueur; 37.5 ml Dry vermouth

Donegal
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Irish whiskey
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Mandarin liqueur
1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Aromatised Irish whiskey with cherry and orange.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Donegal contains 227 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
23.09% alc./vol. (46.18° proof)
27.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Garner

10th March at 02:51

I find Mandarin Napoleon to have the alcohol more present than Grand Marnier. Will try this as I have all the ingredients

Benjamin Kay

30th May 2025 at 15:31

I cannot get Napoleon liqueur in my area so I subbed with grand marnier and followed the recipe to a tee using Tullamore Dew triple blended as the whiskey component. What a fantastic cocktail, it is incredibly well balanced. highly recommend for any whiskey drinker.

Jeremy Harrold

15th March 2024 at 17:26

I decided to stir (though conscious it may need extra dilution) rather than shaking and ended up with a lovely balance of all the ingredients. The liqueurs and whiskey really complemented each other with the vermouth adding but not subtracting from things.

G. M. Genovese

4th August 2023 at 21:29

Clontarf, Luxardo, PF Dry Curacao, Noilly Prat... I haven't tried Mandarine Napoleon, so I used a vague equivalent. The Maraschino (maybe as a result) stood out quite a bit, with the vermouth creeping forward in the aftertaste... Perhaps with a more characterful Irish whiskey and the Napoleon would this then sing. Otherwise, my attempt was just ok. (4 Aug 2023, 5:29p)

John Hinojos

11th April 2021 at 23:54

Interesting cocktail. Has a martini overtone, but with the whiskey and cherry notes. Find the Mandarine Napoleon gets a little overwhelmed with the other tastes.