Foynes' Red Eye

Created by Misty Kalkofen, a bartender at Green Street in Cambridge, Mass., as a homage to the Irish Coffee, which orginated at the Foynes Airport in Limerick, Ireland.

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Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Redbreast Irish Whisky
  • 3/4 oz Amara Averna
  • 1/2 oz heavy cream
  • 1 oz Guinness Simple Syrup*
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • coffee bean

Preparation:
Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker 2/3 filled with ice. Strain into a chilled martini or coupe glass. Top with grated bits of coffee bean.

Guinness Simple Syrup
Add a can of Guinness to a sauce pan over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, add 8 ounces of Demerara sugar and set aside to cool. Refrigerate, the Guinness syrup should last for a couple of weeks.

via Bon Appetit