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Our friends at are hosting an evening of cocktails and devilment for all the Cork hospitality heads this Monday in Cask💃

We’ve a pop-up bar by the waterfall, on vinyl duty and hopefully the sun will shine. Blow off some summer cob webs before yet another bank holiday weekend. Spread the word ✌️

Hat tip to the legends at

It’s easy to proclaim that a drink is wonderful, but in this case we’re not messing about. This fragrant, bubbly glass of deliciousness is guaranteed to put a big smile on the face of anyone who drinks it. Fact.

📷 SPILL THE BEANS
• Don Julio Blanco Tequila
• Rinquinquin
• Rosé
• Jasmine

We love an Irish coffee as much as the next person but if you’re looking for a lighter, more summery coffee-whiskey combo look no further. LOST THE PLOT is here and it’s a fizzy glass of wonderfulness. Matured in Demerara rum barrels, Tullamore Dew XO brings notes of caramel, dates and raisins and it pairs perfectly with Cork’s own SOMA Coffee.

We’re obsessed with SOMA’s Brazilian single origin which we make into a cold brew. It’s packed with tropical notes like chocolate, apricot and coconut. We add a hint of cacao and some Amaro to accentuate those lovely bitter notes and its final ingredient is Eucalyptus which we pilfer from Rostellan woods. Sláinte

📷 LOST THE PLOT
* Tullamore Dew XO
* Amaro Averna
* Cacao
* Soma Cold Brew
* Eucalyptus

This multi-layered, succulent drink is ridiculously smashable. It simply oozes summer vibes, certainly more so than the sh*te weather we’re dealing with! 

📸 GODSPEED
• Plantation 3 Star Rum
• Clement Select Barrel Rhum
• Kinsale Hazy Summer Mead
• Amaro Montenegro
• Raspberry
• Fig Leaf

🍑 As always, our food menu has changed to run in tandem with our drinks. Link is in our bio for a swanky on-line version.

📸 PEACH GAZPACHO | heirloom tomatoes | fermented strawberry | apricot | whipped feta | bread crisp

Thrilled to launch our Summer menus last week, Vol 26 💥

Summer is a time of abundance in Ireland, our food and drinks menus are bursting with wild, seasonal and local fare. It’s a heck of a menu and first up is this Summer dinger made with organic Boatyard Vodka.

Shoutout to Bushby’s Strawberries in west Cork for the massive haul of seconds. These little guys are frankly too freaky to make it to the supermarket shelves. They are f’ugly and we love them for it 🍓

On a side note, we are delighted to welcome .r.alexander from New York to Cask this evening. Ian will be slinging cocktails from their new menu as well as some Dead Rabbit classics. Hope to see lots of you there, 7pm - 10pm!

📸 Nine Lives
• Boatyard Vodka
• Aperol
• Hakutsuru Sake
• F’Ugly Strawberries
• Lemon Verbena

🔥This'll be epic 😎

Recognised as one of the best bars in the world, The Dead Rabbit is taking over the bar at Cask on MacCurtain Street on Tuesday, June 18th, 7pm to 10pm 🍹🧉🥃

Bar director of The Dead Rabbit, Ian Alexander will be serving a range of cocktails by the iconic New York pub, using local Cork ingredients.

For bookings send an email to [email protected] 😉

Can’t wait to welcome from New York to Cork next week. We decided the Dublin portal was too embarrassing so we created our own.
r.alexander their bar director will be slinging cocktails from their new menu as well as some Dead Rabbit classics. Hope to see you there! Team Cask ☘️

A Cask spring cocktail menu wouldn’t be complete without a monster magnolia petal forage at the start of the season. After so many years we’ve nailed all the good spots, and two houses in particular in East Cork get a yearly knock on the door. Its slightly spicy, ginger notes work wonderfully with any number of spirits, whiskey included. 

📸 KNOCK, KNOCK, RUN
· Roe & Co Whiskey
· Falernum
· Amontillado Sherry
· Magnolia
· Tarragon
 

📸 CRAB TOSTADA 
baby gem lettuce | garden peas | horseradish | savoy cabbage reduction
 
Crisp and vibrant, fresh and zesty
🍋‍🟩 🦀 🥬
 

Long weekend get the better of you? Why let the weekend have all the fun?! ‘Spin the Bottle’ is our refreshing non-alcoholic masterpiece.
 
📸 SPIN THE BOTTLE
• Ceder’s 0% Gin
• Törley 0% Prosecco
• Wood Sorrel
• Pineapple Mint
 

Open all weekend for treats and shenanigans from 4pm to late – & from 3pm on Saturday! Celebrate the start of Summer in Cask style. 
 
Beats dropping all weekend
Friday | Sat | Sun
Jean Luc Razza | Jinty | Milward
 
Table reservations caskcork.com
 
📸 MARCO, POLO
·      Di**le Gin
·      Rinquinquin
·      Cucumber
·      Whites
·      Cava Rosé


Two sensational desserts packed with flavour form the happy ending on this season’s food menu, the photos speak for themselves. Just look how pretty they both are, damn tasty too! All you have to do is decide which one to order, or have both.  

📸 #1 IRISH RHUBARB 🌺
Rhubarb sorbet | hibiscus reduction | frozen yoghurt |almond frangipane | basil
 
📸 #2 BUFFALO RICOTTA MOUSSE 🍊
Blood orange | orange granita | poppy seed tuile | tarragon
 
(P.S. For the allergen-curious among you, both are gluten free)
 
 

Wonderfully bittersweet and complex, Stillgarden’s Irish Amaro is bursting with botanicals that grow in their urban garden in county Dublin. Think bright berry and brazen citrus – with a sublime kick from copper-distilled Blackwater Vodka.

Cherry blossom is more than just a flower. Its delicate character and unique charm appears on our menus year in, year out. Like chasing after that elusive kiss 🌸
 
📸 KISS CHASE 💋🏃‍♂️
· Blackwater Vodka
· Stillgarden O’Maro
· Raspberry Wine
· Cherry Blossom
 
 

Four ingredients working together in a lavish tryst between Hennessy VS Cognac and Woodford Rye Whiskey. Add a splash of walnut cream liqueur, a twist of Quina Sherry, some savoury sea spaghetti, and you have a drink that’s outlandishly smooth. Go on, I dare ya!

📸 TRUTH OR DARE
• Hennessy VS Cognac
• Woodford Rye Whiskey
• Walnut Cream Liqueur
• Quina Sherry
• Sea Spaghetti

The game ’Tip the Can’ is essentially an elite, crafty version of hide and seek, a game of cunning, and some poor feen stuck being ‘it’.

This is a hugely popular cocktail on our current Spring menu. Distilled a stones throw from Cask, Maharani Gin pairs exquisitely with botanical-rich Valentia Island Vermouth, floral dandelion notes and a piquant kick from yellow pepper.

📸 TIP THE CAN | MAHARANI GIN | VALENTIA ISLAND VERMOUTH | YELLOW PEPPER | DANDELION | POACHERS SODA

Heading out later? 🥳

Fans of Shandon Sweets Apple Drops can try a grown-up take on the nostalgic taste: the talented team at Cask on Mac Curtain Street has invented a cocktail inspired by them 🍭🍸

“Introducing RED ROVER, a zesty little number featuring Don Julio Blanco, glorious apple notes from the Killahora Ice Wine, fragrant geranium, and a distillate of Lenihan’s legendary Apple Drops." they told us.

They’re calling it “An Apple martini with notions' 🍏

A recent addition to the Cask menu with delicate flavours and a highly underrated cut of meat. Rich thinly sliced cured beef tongue teamed with a zingy sharpness from the capers and pickled squash. Not to be missed!

🍽️ BEEF CARPACCIO | ROAST SQUASH PURÉE | PICKLED SQUASH | FRIED CAPERS

Quintessentially Cork, the Lenihan family have been making sweets in Shandon for generations, since 1929 to be exact. Their best seller is Clove Rock apparently, but at Cask we’re weak for their Apple Drops. So much so that we chose to feature them on our latest menu.

Introducing RED ROVER, a zesty little number featuring Don Julio Blanco, glorious apple notes from the Killahora Ice Wine, fragrant geranium, and a distillate of Lenihan’s legendary Apple Drops. An Apple martini with notions 🍏

📸 RED ROVER
DON JULIO BLANCO TEQUILA |
KILLAHORA ICE WINE | GERANIUM | SHANDON SWEETS APPLE DROP DISTILLATE

It’s hard to get your head around nettles, delicous, stingy little feckers. They reckon we’ve been consuming them for over 3,000 years in this part of the world, from Bronze Age to bougie modern restaurants, and that’s impressive.

Spring is the only time to use them and each week we pick a huge batch to make cordial. Like spinach it wilts to nothing so you need loads.

‘Nods & Volleys’ is a sharp, herbaceous dinger of a cocktail. Lovely pepper notes from the rocket, the incredible balance and complexity of Stillgarden Glas 55, a touch of sherry and of course Fermanagh’s finest, Boatyard organic vodka as the base! Snappy as 💥

📷 NODS & VOLLEYS | Boatyard Vodka | Stillgarden Glas 55 | Tio Pepe Sherry | Rocket | Nettle 🌿

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Introducing the Salt Baked Beetroot, crafted by none other than Cask head chef . It’s Robert’s first Cask food menu, having recently joined us after a stint on the stoves at one of Cork’s finest dining rooms Paradiso, Cork and we are very excited to have him on the team.

Robert brings a plethora of culinary expertise with influences from his global gastronomic adventures, and we have some remarkable and innovative new dishes on our Spring menu here at Cask. The Salt Baked Beetroot is no exception, and showcases this guy’s commitment to serving up a harmony of flavours, with beetroot, onions and chicory sourced just up the road from Waterfall farm. Paired with almonds, confit lemons, and drizzled with a rich red onion jus, we suggest you order it to share…. or you might just want to keep it all to yourself 😉

📸 SALT BAKED BEETROOT�/ ALMONDS / CONFIT LEMONS / PRESERVED CHICORY / RED ONION JUS.

Wonderful to have Montréal’s finest, Bisou Bisou visit Cask last week. A bar that genuinely celebrates apéritif culture, Greg & Grace brought incredible drink and even better company.

Huge thanks also to Greg for his agave masterclass in Paladar and sharing his knowledge and first-hand experience of Tequila & Mezcal production.

Bisou Bisou, this isn’t goodbye, this is à bientôt! Merci pour tout Xx
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Thrilled to have launched our Spring menus last week, with some very fine seasonal drinks and a lash of tasty new dishes. Have a peek on the website caskcork.com

Open all weekend serving up the best in Cork hospitality, and a stellar DJ lineup supplying the soundtrack to your Easter shenanigans.

Fri: Greg C
Sat: &
Sun:

For the weekend that’s in it, featuring our favourite fruit and probably our favourite Irish whiskey … 🐇

📸 HOPSCOTCH
Cachaça
(Peated)

It’s been an age since we last used Lichen in a Cask cocktail, and using it again now feels like coming full circle, a bit like a game of Rounders. Gone are the days of scraped knees and broken windows (for most of us) but this drink feels like a trip down memory lane for sure.

The intrinsic beauty of Lichen can be found everywhere – on the shore, in woods, in countryside and in towns. Ireland is literally a lichen-rich hotspot. They grow on rocks, trees, soil, old fences, brick, slate and concrete - a unique life form with a fascinating symbiotic relationship between fungi, algae and yeast.

If you like your whiskey highball complex and umami forward this drink is for you, a gem on our new Spring cocktail menu. As always, inspired from the nature that surrounds us.

📸 ROUNDERS / West Cork Whiskey / Killahora Pom’o / Benedictine / Pea / Lichen / Co2

It's new menu time! Our latest edition is a celebration of all things Spring, fusing some top-notch Irish spirits with the natural flavours of the season. Colossal love, care and creativity has gone into each cocktail.

Swipe left for a sneak peek. We hope you enjoy the new drinks and we look forward to seeing lots of you over the next few weeks!










Eoin thanks as always for the handsome design work 👊

Thrilled to welcome from Montréal in Canada to Cork on Wed’ 27th 🇨🇦

Bisou Bisou is a small cocktail and apéritif bar which highlights low abv and spirit free cocktails, sherry, vermouth, and brandy. It strives to bring apéritif culture to life using the ingredients and flavors of the mediterranean.

Come taste some truly unique cocktails from 7pm - 10ish at Cask. Thanks to our friends at
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🍐‘Pear Shaped’ is one of those cocktails where you just let the ingredients do their thing. Just make it ridiculously cold and don’t over dilute it. Boozy, piquant and very tasty.

We’ve talked about our love affair with vodka on numerous occasions. What they’re doing across the border in that distillery is pretty amazing. What we’ve never mentioned before is PEAR Pom’o and that’s because it’s a completely new product from the Glounthaune magicians. This one off batch is made very similar to the Apple Pom’o. Perry (pear) juice is combined with a little Killahora honey, some apple spirit and then, rested in Irish whiskey barrels for at least a year. It’s absolutely divine. Menu 1 in 2017 was the first time Killahora port featured on our menu. Their products are adored by us Irish bartenders the length and breath of the country.

Last but not least the cocktail also has good glug of Bay leaf infused White Port. Look, it’s tasty and clear, what can we say.

PEAR SHAPED
🌾 Di**le Vodka
🍐 Killahora Pear Pom’o
🍃White Port w/ Laurel

Happy bank holiday Sunday🔥

Eats, beats ‘n’ treats all night long.

FLYING COLOURS (a fizzy bu**er)
• Jameson Black Barrel
• Stillgarden O’Maro
• Carrot
• Cardamom

Storm Isha may have bu**ered off, but let’s be honest, it’s still pretty baltic out. Ideal weather for a hot boozy cocktail. This is a hot toddy with serious notions, unashamedly! Poitín, Rhum Agricole, and a delicious Herbal Spirit from the legends at bring the umph. Organic Apple Juice, Winter Spices and some dried Spruce Tips we picked back in May mellow it all out. Divine 🔥

BUNDLE UP
• Mad March Hare Poitín
• Clément Select Barrel Rhum
• Stillgarden Bui
• Spruce
• Kilbrack Apple juice
• Winter Spices

How do you like your Turnips?

We like ours with a healthy measure of , , and a touch of shiso & butter 🌿

FLINT HARD.