“DUNVILLE’S and Redbreast are the whiskeys which make the list for the new cocktail book at Belfast’s five-star Merchant Hotel, along with Shortcross poitín from the Rademon Estate.

Another smaller northern Irish brand, Boatyard, provides both vodka and gin for the recipes, earning its place alongside longer-established premium spirits such as Appleton Rum, Beefeater Gin, Tanqueray 10, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, and 1800 Tequila.”

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