It’s here! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Being an advocate for a multicultural lifestyle, any holiday is a reason to celebrate. We at HOMBRE are an equal opportunity bunch; be it Cinco de Mayo, Halloween or St. Patrick’s Day. Every day is a good day for a specialty cocktails, and here you’ll find the brands and drinks for any celebration. Most appropriate for an Irish feast is Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Bushmills Black Bush and Bushmills Irish Honey cocktails; created by their Master of Whiskey, Gerry Graham.

Bushmills Irish Whiskey has been around for centuries. It’s a blend of triple distilled single malt whiskey with a lighter Irish grain whiskey. It’s an approachable whiskey with a rich‚ warming taste of fresh fruit and vanilla, light and fruity with spicy aromas.

Bushmills Black Bush has an intriguing flavor and dark colouring‚ a result of maturing for up to seven years in Spanish oloroso sherry casks and sweet bourbon barrels. The high malt content ensures the taste floats across the tongue to deliver dark‚ velvety fruity notes right through to the back of your throat. The nose starts big and full, quickly becoming light with a hint of a spicy fruit bread cake. The taste floats across your tongue to the back of your throat where it rests as a slight sherry bread sweetness. The finish is a lingering‚ smooth sweetness bread that flourishes into
your cheeks.

The latest addition to the family is Bushmills Irish Honey. The blenders and distillers developed a new honey infused spirit that is a delicious fruity‚ smooth start that flushes out to a sweet honey buzz on the tongue.
It has a nose of red ripe apples and sweet cereal‚ building into honey notes. There’s an initial honey sweetness supported by apples and pears before delivering marshmallows and dusky lavender. The finish is a medium long‚ moderately sweet and pleasing with a subtle addition of honey.

Bushmills Irish Honey Smash:

1.5 oz of Bushmills Irish Honey
2-3 Mint Leaves
3/4 oz Simple Syrup
2 Pieces of Lemon
1 oz Water

Drink Recipe Preparation: Muddle the lemon, mint, water, and simple syrup in the bottom of a mixing glass. Add Bushmills, shake, and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish w/ a sprig of mint and serve.