Can you put whisky in coffee

About Privacy Work With Us. Hot Cocktail Recipe: Scottish Coffee. A Scottish twist on the Irish Coffee, this warming and delicious after dinner drink is made with hot brewed coffee, Scotch whisky, brown sugar, and topped with fresh whipped cream. Print Recipe Pin Recipe. Course Cocktails. Servings 1. To an 8 ounce glass mug, add 1. Next, add the brown sugar. Top with hot coffee and give it a stir. Top with a dollop of whipped cream. But it turned out much, much better than I had even expected.

This drink is warm and rich, with lots of notes of earthy peat from the Scotch — and none of the smokey sharpness I was worried about. A single malt brimming with peat or brine can dominate your drink, but a milder blended Scotch — we used Monkey Shoulder — will blend and merge more easily with the other flavors in your mug.

Choose a great Irish whiskey and follow the recipe, and you'll discover why this classic is considered one of the best cocktails of all time. Perfect for a chilly evening, it makes an excellent after-dinner drink that you'll want to share with everyone you know.

Place the brown sugar into a warm Irish coffee glass , mug, or other heatproof glass. Add the coffee and Irish whiskey. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Float the lightly whipped heavy cream on top by slowly pouring it over the back of a spoon.

Do not stir. Instead, drink the Irish coffee through the cream. The Irish coffee was created by chef Joe Sheridan in He ran the restaurant at the Foynes airbase outside of Limerick, Ireland. The story goes that an evening flying boat flight returned to the airport after a failed attempt to reach New York during a winter storm. Sheridan mixed up the first round of Irish coffees for the stranded passengers. One surprised American asked, "Hey Buddy, is this Brazilian coffee?

In , a travel writer by the name of Stanton Delaplane was one of the many travelers who became enamored by the Irish coffee. When Koeppler tried to make the drink, the cream kept sinking, so he traveled to the source to learn the correct way to make an Irish coffee. He ended up offering Joe Sheridan a position at his cafe, where millions of Irish coffees have been made over the years.

For a true taste of the original, order one at the Foynes museum in Ireland or the Buena Vista. When made with an proof whiskey in the measurements given in the recipe, the Irish coffee is relatively gentle at right around 9 percent ABV 18 proof. It's such a classic combination that you can already buy coffee that's flavored with Jack Daniels , or coffee that's been aged in old whiskey barrels. But you don't need to be fancy. The methodology is simple: Make coffee to your liking.

Add whiskey to your liking. Pretty much any whiskey will do. I prefer bourbon, because it adds a touch of sweetness and heft. Scotch works too, but the result will be smokier.