Name: Wogan
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Irish whiskey; 10 ml Apricot liqueur; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Lime juice; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Irish whiskey

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

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

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

2 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Wogan contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.79% alc./vol. (35.58° proof)
18.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Aaron Wall at his Homeboy bar in Islington, London, England. Originally made with Teeling Small Batch Irish whiskey, the Wogan remains one of Homeboy's signature cocktails.

Named after Sir Terry Wogan (1938-2016), the popular BBC television and radio presenter who was considered "a national treasure", originally from Limerick, Ireland.

Aaron Wall says, "What were trying to showcase with this cocktail is that Irish whiskey can sit in an aspect of a grassier rum, this is a formula for an Irish whiskey cocktail:
- 40ml Irish
- 10ml of a liqueur that complements or contrasts a tasting note of the whiskey
- 15ml lime
- 15ml 1:1 sugar
- 3 dashes saline or a pinch of salt to draw flavours together.
That's why in the Wogan we use apricot liqueur to complement the rum finish cask flavour of the Teeling Small Batch."

Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 1y

Delightful cocktail. As with most, we found it a bit sweet, but we tend to like dryer cocktails.
Next time, will half the sugar syrup and increase slightly the lime. My issue may be our limes as they are grown locally and tree ripened so they do tend to be a bit sweeter.
Would definitely have again.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 2y

Especially liked the aroma from a really good lime zest. Pairs well with the apricot liqueur and definitely one to revisit.

Avery Garnett 2y

Also used Redbreast 12 and this was absolutely heavenly. So smooth it was like drinking melted butter (in the best possible way).

Thomas Bird 2y

Excellent - very palatable. Tweaked to make a touch more dry: 60ml Redbreast 12, 10ml of Giffard Apricot & 7.5ml simple.

Dávid Ugróczi 3y

I recently tried this with somewhat different ratios (20ml lime juice, 15ml apricot liqueur, 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar)
The result was really nice, like a Sidecar with Irish vibes.

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Wogan

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