Ballina man set to launch new long-term project

Padraic McNamara, who runs Hogan's Cocktail Bar Ballina, is set to launch a new long-term project.

Padraic is putting together a cocktail book like no other!

This project is 5 years in the making, and last year Padraic and his staff from Hogan's travelled to the BCB cocktail convention in Berlin - a craft cocktail convention of small and unique family distillers, who grow and research ingredients in that part of the world.

Padraic intends to travel to each individual region of the globe to bring home the special ingredients so he can put together a cocktail from each region that is unique in itself. It is planned that a small and intimate tasting will be offered, before adding new additions to the book.

To kick this off, Padraic is starting with a product that is made in and imported from a very special distillery in Panama, in South America, The product is called Wow. And it speaks for itself! For all coffee lovers, this is an incredible product made with Geisha coffee. One of the most, if not the most expensive coffee in the world. Accompanied by a smoked Artesanal Espadín Mezcal.

Padraic has researched a special truffle chocolate to go with this beautiful product, which is also made with coffee, and its pairing is incredible.

So, for all you coffee lovers, watch out for Hogan's Cocktail Bar's social media page. As it’s only open to 6 people for this special tasting, this is an exclusive event with Hogan's having the only bottle of Wow currently in Ireland.