The Final Pour on Dublin Cocktail Week
For 10 days under Dublin fell under a hazy, summer spell and poured its soul into perfect cocktails across the city. From Smithfield to the Docklands, drinks were poured with artistry into the hands of those who know the power of a drink with a story. This was Dublin Cocktail Week - a celebration of the storytelling and artist that comes from a perfect cocktail and those you share it with.
From July 11th to July 20th, over 35 bars, distilleries, and rooftop havens became alive with dozens of speciality drinks, filled with throngs of characters with festival-like wristbands ready to indulge themselves in what our bars have to offer.
Six Drinks, Six Stories
These bars not only shone through for their speciality drinks, but for their attention to detail and the feeling that remained after leaving the bar.
Bar 1661 - The Powerhouse
Bar 1661 hums with genius from the stone walls and into every glass. Irishness isn’t a costume here, it runs deep beneath the drinks and seeps into every person that enters the bar.
The Powerhouse
Whiskey and rye find themselves in counterpoint, deepens by sweet vermouth and passionfruit. The sherbet ties it all together, like the final chord in a song. The Powerhouse is beautifully bold, and unforgettable.
J.T. Pim’s - Pim’s Coupe
J.T. Pim’s feels like a bar you remember from years gone by, while also feeling fresh. The sparking candhaiers, large seats you can’t help but sink into and gin posters on the wall are intoxicating to the senses.
Pim’s Coupe
Tequila joins together with lemon and orange, the feeling of a Spanish holiday jumped from the pages of the drinks story, the citrus hit punching you straight away. It glowed like late, summer sun in a glass.
Yamamori Izakaya - Nama Lychee & Spicy Asian
Yamamori Izakaya is a sensory riot—neon buzz, bass-heavy energy, and Tokyo backstreet cool. It’s playful, bold, and never tries too hard.
Nama Lychee
The Nama Lychee is a still life in a coupe. Shochu and gin whisper through lychee, while draped in citrus. The Nama Lychee tasted like moonlight dancing over wooden counters while the smell of steam gyoza fills the air.
Spicy Asian
The Spicy Asian vibrantly layers sake, lychee, ginger, lime, and vanilla with the added spectacle of a chilli flake dipped cucumber slice that the bartender requests you to turn into your drink for some added heat. It is bright, aromatic, and with just enough heat to keep you leaning in for the next sip.
The Collins Club - Palo Santo Paloma
At The Collins Club in The Leinster, elegance doesn’t need to shout. Hidden behind velvet and mystery, this is where glamour goes to exhale.
Palo Santo Paloma
The Palo Santo Paloma mixed avión tequila with palo santo’s gentle warmth, brightened by grapefruit oleo and lime, lifted with pink grapefruit soda, and finished with a charred citrus slice. A drink that's simply crisp, clean, and quietly complex.
Jean-Georges at The Leinster - Passionfruit Sgroppino
Jean-Georges at The Leinster feels like silk—smooth, elevated, and composed. It’s where continental finesse meets playful Irish charm.
Passionfruit Sgroppino
The Passionfruit Sgroppino was like a brushstroke of clarified passionfruit paired with sauvangion blanc, the taste was anchored with vodka and the golden liquid swam around a beautiful sorbet pairing. A summer in a French chalet is the taste that awaits you in this drink.
This wasn’t about getting drunk. It was about getting closer: to craft, to company, to the soul of a city that knows how to hold silence in one hand and a spark in the other.
Dublin Cocktail Week 2025 didn’t just happen. It glowed. It flickered. It passed through us like poetry in highball form.
And next year?
We'll meet again—at the bottom of a glass.
Images by Mason Scallan