O'Donnell Moonshine - Handmade spirits from Manchester
Following the traditions we use only the best natural ingredients for our brandies and liqueurs. We bottle these in original Mason Jars - just like the gangsters during the American prohibition - to make the unique taste experience complete.
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Tough Nut | 25% ABV | 50 proof
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Set of Moonshine Jars (3x 700ml) including 3 Pourers
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Sticky Toffee | 25% ABV | 50 proof
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Roasted Apple | 20% ABV | 40 proof
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Gift Set "Tough Nut" | 700ml | 25% ABV | Pouring Lid
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Cocktails
Bootlegger
A Classic – a nice, light, and refreshing summer drinkRecipe
- 1. Pour the High Proof, Roasted Apple / apple juice, lime juice & sugar syrup in a long drink glass
- 2. Add a few ice cubes, stir gently & top up with sparkling water
- 3. Garnish with sliced lime and basil (optional)
Ingredients
- 6 cl High Proof
- 4 cl Roasted Apple / apple juice
- 2 cl sugar syrup
- 2 cl lime juice
- 4 cl sparkling water
- 2 limes
Basil Moonshine Smash
O'Donnell's version of the classic Gin Basil SmashRecipe
- 1. Fill a tumbler glass with ice cubes
- 2. Put basil leaves, 1 quarter lime & sugar syrup in your shaker and crush it
- 3. Add high proof & ice cubes from the tumbler and shake vigorously
- 4. Fill the tumbler glass with new ice cubes
- 5. Drain the contents of the shaker through a strainer into the pre-cooled tumbler glass
- 6. Garnish with basil (optional)
Ingredients
- 6 cl High Proof
- 2 cl sugar syrup
- 1/4 lime
- basil
Grapeshine
Citrus fruits at their bestRecipe
- 1. Fill Bitter Rose, grapefruit juice & orange juice into an original O'Donnell Moonshine mason jar
- 2. Fill to 2/3 with ice cubes, stir & add tonic
- 3. Garnish with grapefruit abrasion
Ingredients
- 6cl Bitter Rose
- 4cl tonic
- 4cl grapefruit juice
- 4cl orange juice
Moonshine Cherry
Cherry that popsRecipe
- 1. Fill High Proof & Wild Berry with ice cubes into a long drink glass
- 2. Top up with cherry juice & sparkling water and mix gently
- 3. Garnish with mint leaves
Ingredients
- 2-4 cl High Proof
- 2 cl Wild Berry
- 4-6 cl cherry juice
- sparkling water
- Mint
White Moonshine
Fun & Creamy DrinkRecipe
- 1. Whip the cream until slightly stiff
- 2. Mix ice cubes, High Proof & Kaluha in a tumbler
- 3. Spoon the whipped cream over the back of a spoon into the tumbler
- 4. The 2 layers created are the only decoration that you will need
Ingredients
- 6 cl High Proof
- 3 cl Kaluha
- 3 cl cream
Original Moonshine Apple
An absolute classicRecipe
- 1. Put the High Proof, Roasted Apple, Sugar Syrup & Lemon Juice in a glass
- 2. Add a few ice cubes, mix and top up with ginger beer
- 3. Decoration: Apple (skin or carving)
Ingredients
- 4 cl High Proof
- 4 cl Roasted Apple
- 2 cl lemon juice
- 2 cl sugar syrup
- 4-6 cl (spicy) ginger beer
- apple
Spike and Rose
Mild whiskey creationRecipe
- 1. Fill Roasted Apple & Jack Daniels in whiskey tumbler
- 2. Add lime juice & sparkling apple juice and mix
- 3. Add ice cubes and finally fill up with sparkling apple juice
Ingredients
- 3 cl Roasted Apple
- 3 cl Jack Daniels
- grenadine
- 2 cl lime juice
- 4 cl sparkling apple juice
- ice cubes
Anklebreaker
Perfect drink for smoky pubsRecipe
- 1. Pour Roasted Apple over ice cubes into a glass
- 2. Fill up with ginger beer & stir
- 3. 2 dashes of Angostura on top
- 4. Add lemon zest or grated cheese
- 5. Decoration: Lemon slice
Ingredients
- 5 cl Roasted Apple
- 5 cl ginger beer
- Angostura
- lemon peel
Columbus Moonshine
Elegant and especially purple drinkRecipe
- 1. Place High Proof, Wild Berry & Cointreau in a glass
- 2. Add ice cubes
- 3. Violet liqueur on top, mix and fill up with grape juice
- 4. Decoration: Is colourful enough
Ingredients
- 5 cl High Proof
- 3 cl wild berry
- 2 cl Cointreau
- 2 cl of violet liqueur
- 4 cl grape juice
The Dark Side of The Moon
Amazing long drink combining sweetness and aromaRecipe
- 1. Pour Bitter Rose, bourbon, vermouth and lime juice into a glass
- 2. Add ice cubes and leave room for fizzy drinks
- 3. add sparkling water
- 4. then 1-2 squirts of Angostura (the more the more bitter)
- 5. Deco: Rosemary branch for a character
Ingredients
- 4 cl Bitter Rose
- 3 cl bourbon of your choice
- 2 cl of red vermouth
- 2 cl lime juice
- Sparkling water
- Angostura
Moonshine Bitter
For those who like it bitterRecipe
- 1. Pour Bitter Rose, High Proof, Vermuoth & lime juice into a glass
- 2. Add a few ice cubes and stir gently
- 3. Fill up with tonic and add 2 squirts of Angostura
- 4. Decoration: slice of lime or ginger
Ingredients
- 5cl Bitter Rose
- 2 cl High Proof
- 3 cl red vermouth 4 cl tonic
- 2 cl lime juice
- Angostura
Smoked Citrus
Exciting, unconventional, deliciousRecipe
- 1. Put all ingredients except sparkling water in a glass and add ice cubes
- 2. mix & fill up with fizzy water
- 3. Decoration: slice of lemon
Ingredients
- 3 cl High Proof
- 2 cl Bitter Rose
- 1 cl yellow Chartreuse
- 1 cl whiskey/bourbon of your choice
- 2 cl lemon juice
- 1 cl sugar syrup
- Sparkling water
Fruity Proof
Delicious, Caribbean long drinkRecipe
- 1. Place all ingredients with 1-2 ice cubes in a shaker and shake gently but consistently
- 2. Carefully pour into glass of your choice
- 3. Decoration: lots of exotic fruit stuff
Ingredients
- 4 cl High Proof
- 4 cl Roasted Apple
- 3 cl passion fruit juice
- 3 cl pineapple juice
- 3 cl orange juice
- 3 cl coconut milk
- 2 cl lemon juice
- 2 cl peach liqueur or sugar syrup
Moonshine Colada
Sunshine-Drink for MoonshinersRecipe
- 1. Pour all ingredients into a large O'Donnell Moonshine jar
- 2. put the lid on and shake it
- 3. Decoration: Pineapple piece
Ingredients
- 4 cl High Proof
- 4 cl Roasted Apple
- 4 cl pineapple juice
- 4 cl coconut milk
- 4 cl cream
Badass Tough Nut
BadassRecipe
- 1. Put ice cubes in a tumbler
- 2. Add Tough Nut & High Proof, stir briefly
- 3. Decoration: no need, you won't notice it after the first sip
Ingredients
- 2 cl Tough Nut
- 2 cl High Proof
- Ice cube
The Nut Job
Nutty-fruity, incredible taste, creative ingredientsRecipe
- 1. Pour all ingredients into a glass
- 2. add ice cubes and mix
- 3. Decoration: Orange slice or some orange peel rub
Ingredients
- 5 cl Tough Nut
- 2 cl orange liqueur
- 5 cl orange juice
- 2 cl pineapple juice
- 2 cl cl lime juice
- Orange
O’Donnell’s Cool Berry
Simple & goodRecipe
- 1. Place the wild berry and juice in a glass
- 2. Fill with ice cubes and stir gently
- 3. Finally, add the sugar syrup
- 4. Decoration: No need, it's Berry enough
Ingredients
- 5 cl Wild Berry
- 2 cl sugar syrup
- 5 cl grape juice/cranberry juice/currant juice
Moomu - the Moonshine Mule
Our interpretation of the MuleRecipe
- 1. Pour High Proof & lime juice into a glass and fill with ice cubes
- 2. Stir briefly and fill up with ginger beer
- 3. Add cucumber slices
- 4. Decoration: Cucumber in the glass looks classy and beautiful enough
Ingredients
- 6 cl High Proof
- 3 cl lime juice
- 6 cl ginger beer
- Cucumber
Toffee Coffee
Delicious cold coffeeRecipe
- 1. Put all ingredients in a fancy glass
- 2. Stir briefly and add 2 coffee beans for flavour if available
- 3. Decoration: a bit of clotted cream as icing on the coffee
Ingredients
- 4 cl toffee
- 4 cl cold coffee
Pretty boy
Crazy visually and tastefullyRecipe
- 1. Pour hard nut & brown rum into a glass
- 2. cover with ice cubes
- 3. carefully add the milk puff and let it set
- 4. Decoration: lives from it's structure
Ingredients
- 3 cl Tough Nut/Sticky Toffee
- 2 cl brown rum
- 2 cl milk/coffee cream/almond milk
Remember Phil
Something very exquisite - fruity and colourfulRecipe
- 1. Pour High Proof, Wild Berry, Carrot Juice, Lime Juice & Sugar Syrup into a large glass
- 2. Fill up with ice cubes, stir vigorously and add the rosemary branch
- 3. top up with orange juice and on top with some coarse sea salt and coarse pepper
- 4. Decoration: Rosemary is enough
Ingredients
- 4 cl High Proof
- 2 cl Wild Berry
- 4 cl carrot juice
- 2 cl orange juice
- 2 cl cl lime juice
- 2 cl sugar syrup
- Coarse sea salt
- Coarse pepper
- Rosemary twig
Casual Friday
Relaxed start to the weekendRecipe
- 1. Cut the cucumber into 2-3 long strips (for taste and as a stirring aid) and pour into a glass
- 2. add High Proof & Wild Berry (or the desired alternatives)
- 3. Add lime juice, cucumber syrup & ice cubes and stir with the cucumber strips
- 4. Top it off with ginger ale
- 5. Deco: Cucumber is enough
Ingredients
- 4 cl High Proof
- 4 cl Wild Berry/Roasted Apple/Bitter Rose
- 2 cl lime juice
- 2 cl cucumber syrup
- cucumber
- 4 cl ginger ale/sparkling water
Radioactive Man Moonshine Smash
Cool variation of the classic Gin Basil SmashRecipe
- 1. Put mint leaves, half a lemon & sugar syrup in shaker and crush
- 2. Add ice cubes & high proof and shake vigorously
- 3. Strain through a fine sieve into a glass filled with ice cubes
- 4. Decoration: Mint leaf
Ingredients
- 5 cl High Proof
- 2 cl lemon juice
- 2 cl sugar syrup
- Mint leaves
Russian Spike
Fruity and tart - nice summer drinkRecipe
- 1. Pour High Proof & Wild Berry into a glass
- 2. Take the basil leaves between your hands and clap them once to open the basil flavours, then put them into the glass
- 3. Add ice cubes and top up with lemonade
- 4. Decoration: Basil stem
Ingredients
- 4 cl High Proof
- 2 cl Wild Berry/Bitter Rose
- 5-6 basil leaves
- 6 cl Russian Wild Berry lemonade
Toffee Softee
Toffee and Whiskey Mix, what more you want?Recipe
- 1. Put Sticky Toffee, whiskey & lemon juice in shaker
- 2. Add ice cubes and shake well
- 3. Strain into tumbler with ice cubes and add 2 squirts of Angostura
- 4. Decoration: nothing
Ingredients
- 4 cl of Sticky Toffee
- 3 cl whiskey of your choice
- 2 cl lemon juice
- Angostura
- 4 cl sparkling water
Creamy Tough Nut
Cool drink, a little more complex but worth itRecipe
- 1. Shake 3cl of Tough Nut, brown rum and chocolate bitter with 2 ice cubes and fill into a glass
- 2. Shake 2cl of Tough Nut and the 5cl cream together with 2 ice cubes and pour carefully over the Tough Nut / Rum combination
- 3. Decoration: Dark chocolate shavings on top.
Ingredients
- 5 cl Tough Nut
- 3 cl of brown rum
- 2 drops of chocolate bitters
- 3 cl of cream
- dark chocolate
Speakeasy Smoothie Blueberry
Fruity, creamy, sweetRecipe
- 1. Place all ingredients in a blender or use a hand blender
- 2. Add some grape juice for smoothie consistency & mix gently - then pour into glass
- 3. Tip: consistency can be changed at will by adding grape juice Decoration: Mint branch
Ingredients
- 3 cl High Proof
- 3 cl Wild berry
- Fresh blueberry or frozen blueberry
- 2 cl lime juice
- 1 cl sugar syrup
- grape juice, depending on the desired consistency
- mint
- Crushed ice
Speakeasy Smoothie Strawberry
Fruity, creamy, sweetRecipe
- 1. Place all ingredients in a blender or use a hand blender jug
- 2. Add some juice for smoothie consistency & mix gently - then pour into glass
- 3. Tip: consistency can be changed at will by adding juice
- 4. Decoration: Mint branch
Ingredients
- 3 cl High Proof
- 3 cl Wild Berry
- Fresh strawberry/frozen strawberry
- 2 cl lime juice
- 1 cl sugar syrup
- Strawberry Juice / Cherry Juice
- Mint
- Crushed ice
Innocent Raspberry
Fruity, yummy, summerRecipe
- 1. Puree the raspberry or make a puree with a fork
- 2. Put High Proof, Wild Berry, Lemon Juice & Raspberry Juice with 2 ice cubes into a shaker and shake Add raspberry puree, shake again and pour into glass
- 3. 1-2 squirts of Angostura with it
- 4. Decoration: Berry of your choice on top
Ingredients
- 3 cl High Proof
- 3 cl wild berry (or no HP, but 6cl berry)
- 2 cl lemon juice
- 5 cl raspberry juice/grape juice/cherry juice
- Fresh/frozen raspberries
- Angostura
Drunken August
Cool, fresh summer drinkRecipe
- 1. Put all ingredients in a large glass and fill up with ice cubes
- 2. Mix well and add grenadine
- 3. Decoration: pomegranate seeds and/or lime slice
Ingredients
- 4 cl High Proof
- 4 cl Wild Berry
- 4 cl pomegranate juice / cranberry juice
- 2 cl pineapple juice
- 2 cl lime juice
- 2 cl grenadine
- Pomegranate seeds
Sprite Spike Berry
Classy long drinkRecipe
- 1. Pour Wild Berry into a glass
- 2. Add some ice cubes, lemon juice and lemonade
- 3. Stir briefly
- 4. Decoration: Mint
Ingredients
- 4 cl Wild Berry
- 2 cl lemon juice
- 5 cl cl lemonade
- 2 mint leaves
Ginger Nut
Unusual, but incredible tasteRecipe
- 1. Pour Tough Nut, sugar syrup & lime juice into a glass
- 2. Add some ice cubes and top it off with ginger ale
- 3. Decoration: Lime slice
Ingredients
- 3 cl Tough Nut
- 2 cl sugar syrup
- 2 cl lime juice
- 5 cl ginger ale
Flower Power
Sweet but spicyRecipe
- 1. High Proof, elderflower syrup, sugar syrup & lemon juice with 2 ice cubes in a shaker and shake
- 2. Put 2-3 ice cubes in glass, add mixture and fill up with ginger beer
- 3. decoration: lemon peel/abrasion
Ingredients
- 4 cl High Proof
- 2 cl elderflower syrup
- 1 cl sugar syrup
- 2 cl lemon juice
- 4 cl ginger beer
- lemon
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About Us
Almost a hundred years ago in the United States the 18th amendment was passed banning the production, sale and distribution of alcohol. The clandestine era of distilling by moonlight had begun.
Farmers quickly began to produce Moonshine in their back yards to meet the demand of the smugglers and bootleggers who took great risk in moving the moonshine by night. They bottled in Mason jars so at not to raise suspicion from the authorities who were quickly hot on their trail. O’Donnell Moonshine aims to bring the spirit and taste of those times back to the 21st century.
Our moonshine is made using traditional methods, the best available ingredients and bottled in those same traditional American “Mason Jars”.
O’Donnell Moonshine is proud to offer 3 liquors to date “Roasted Apple” (20% ABV) with a touch of cinnamon and vanilla, “Bitter Rose” (25% ABV) made with Grapefruit and our “Tough Nut” (25% ABV) made from Hazelnut, Caramel and a hint of whiskey. And of course, our core spirit, aka: the already infamous “High Proof” (50% ABV) is a smooth wheat based spirit distilled within traditional methods for an easy finish.
Reviews
David MillerJust brought from the Oxford Christmas Market. Was unbelievable how smooth the drink was as a 50% strength spirit. Could drink straight with ease and tastes amazing with any mixer. – Tough Nut
Merry RugglesThe only problem with this stuff… there isn’t enough of it!! It’s beautifully balanced bottled bliss and my new absolute favourite tipple! - Roasted Apple
jamieFound at great British tattoo convention 2018. Had 3 jars since may. Tough Nut is the s**t son!
BlueThis stuff is delicious. I have found myself drinking it straight out of the jar. My other half has even stopped giving me strange looks because he’s tasted it and understands why I couldn’t wait for a glass. - Bitter Rose
KayeWow! Absolutely love this product. Bought it to try as we had run out of our favourite toffee vodka. This product is far superior to any other similar product that I have tasted. Smooth, rich toffee flavour and with a punch at 50 proof. Get one while they’re still available! - Sticky Toffee
Thomas CulpanI got a bottle of this from the NEC good food show and loved it. in the hot summer we have had i especially enjoyed it mixed with some lemonade and poured over crushed ice. Amazing!!! - Bitter Rose
angela41aTried all three at The Long Road festival in September, completely hooked, received our Bitter Rose order today, will be ordering more. Angela and Alan.
MarkBeautiful drink got it at Sheffield Christmas market and drink it straight with ice - Bitter Rose
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