Poitín

[aidan]

My parents just came back from Ireland and brought me a water bottle filled with the family's recipe for Poitín. Anyone know of any good cocktails that incorporate this?

[slkinsey]

They operate their own still? That's pretty cool.

I would look around for any recipes that use white dog, as that is more or less what it is. Poitín can be super high-proof, though. So something with plenty of dilution, I'd think.

[Yajna Patni]

I have never heard of a cocktail with potin.... its more a drink it get really really drunk for free. When i was in high school people made it, and cleared it with bleach. Not going blind was the best you could hope for...

[brinza]

Molotov?

More seriously, I experimented with unaged rye whiskey from West Virginia in a few cocktails. I'd suggest trying some kind of sour. Try some lime juice and something sweet. You might need another accent ingredient or two for flavor. The problem is, you don't know what the proof is, so it could be tricky to get the proportions right, so a bit of trial and error will be involved.

Alternatively, you could try to get hold of a small cask and attempt to age it for a while, see what happens. That could be interesting.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Feeling really bored tonight after dinner and out of scores of bottles I chose poitin.  Good stuff as always.  (It helps that the poitin was in the front.)  I already have my genes in a couple more generations so it doesn't really matter.  Though I am a bit concerned that my son has been flirting with poitin.  However for him I don't think it will ever replace scotch.

[tanstaafl2]

I posted one here a few months ago. It was, umm, OK.

 

As it happens I haven't made it again recently...

 

[tanstaafl2]

And I would agree that recipes using white dog might be a place to start. Not that there are a lot of those either I suppose.