Get ready for sipping orchard-inspired cocktails with Boann’s Mother and Daughter Project, Silks Gin.
From its orchard, Silks Gin is made from a combination of Irish honey, apple blossom, and elderflower. The botanicals are steeped for a day before being distilled in a custom copper “Bennett” pot still with a vapor infusion chamber—used for the more subtle underlying flavors of Silks signature Irish botanicals, which are foraged locally from its family orchards.
Legend has it the Goddess Boann created the Boyne River, a picturesque waterway that courses through the valley of the same name in County Meath on the east coast of Ireland. Here, drinks industry veteran Pat Cooney, together with four of his children, established Boann Distillery to create a range of Irish whiskies and gin steeped in tradition and local ingredients.
Silks Gin is very much a mother and daughter project thanks to the collaboration between Sally-Anne Cooney and her mother Marie, orchardist and head beekeeper to thousands of trees and millions of bees.
Silks Gin debuted in the United States earlier this year and Cooney is confident Americans will embrace it as Europeans have. “I can see that consumers are starting to trade up and experiment within the category which has all the hallmarks of the start of the Gin Craze over here in Europe,” she shares. “Gin is a very exciting category.”
Give these orchard-inspired cocktails a mix!
Silks Elderflower Gin Fizz
Ingredients:
- 2 parts Silks Irish dry gin
- 1 part Elderflower liqueur
- 1 part lemon juice
- Prosecco (to top)
- Lemon peel (for garnish)
Preparation: Pour gin, elderflower and lemon juice in a shaker with ice. Pour into champagne coupe and top with chilled prosecco. Garnish with lemon peel.
Silks Apple Bee
Ingredients:
- 2 parts Silks Irish Dry Gin
- 1 part lemon juice
- 1 part apple juice
- 1 part honey syrup
- Apple fan and sage (for garnish)
Preparation: Fill a shaker with ice. Add the gin lemon juice, apple juice and honey syrup. Shake and strain into rocks glass. Garnish with apple slice and sage leaf.
Silks in the Bronx
Ingredients:
- 3 parts Silks Irish Dry Gin
- 2 parts Dry Vermouth
- 1 part Sweet Vermouth
- Craft Apple Cider (to taste)
- Apple pleat (for garnish)
Preparation: Fill cocktail shaker with ingredients. Shaker vigorously for 15 seconds. Strain into a Martini glass and top with apple cider. Garnish with apple pleat.
Silks Gin & Tonic
Ingredients:
- 1 part Silks Irish Dry Gin
- 3 parts Tonic Water
- Slice of red apple and juniper berries (for garnish)
Preparation: Fill highball glass with ice. Add gin and top with good quality tonic water. Stir. Garnish.
