DUBLIN BARS

Dublin’s bars prove an ample home for the emerging Irish gin scene

Virginia goes to Ireland in search of the best watering holes

Dublin may have been late to the cocktail renaissance, especially compared to Europe’s cocktail leader, London, or other key nearby cities like Edinburgh. But in recent years, the great Irish city known on the drink-side for Guinness, pubs and a pint, is coming into its own on the cocktail side. This slow-but-steady growth mirrors the rise in Irish gins across the country, like Glendalough’s seasonal gins or Ha’Penny‘s Victorian-era Dublin gin with botanicals like blackberries, lavender and geranium. Across Dublin, here are 10 bars crafting gin cocktails (and beyond) and stepping up the bar scene in Ireland.