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Chilled Irish Coffee

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Iced Irish coffee cocktails with cream topped with whipped cream and nutmeg in a glass with a straw.
Photo by Isa Zapata, Prop Styling by Christina Allen, Food Styling by Emilie Fosnocht

Perhaps the ultimate summer brunch cocktail, this creamy iced coffee drink comes from the late James Beard. To make it, Beard suggested stirring sugar and cream into hot coffee and chilling the mixture. If you keep cold brew and simple syrup on hand, feel free to adjust the recipe, sweetening your coffee cocktail to taste.

Irish whiskey is, of course, the classic tipple for a hot Irish coffee, and it works well here too, but if you keep bourbon or rye whiskey on hand, they can certainly stand in (even rum would be delicious).

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