Irish Spirit Measure

alfagirl

Looking to purchase (pref on line) a standard Irish Spirit Measure, preferable with one measure on one side and a double cup on the other.
Any ideas about where to source? Metal, Silver Plated or Silver will be considered.
Thanks.

irish_goat

What you're looking for is called a "jigger". Standard double sided jiggers are 20/25ml on one side and 50ml on the other. I've worked in cocktail bars and never seen a 35/70 one but you could ask in your local cocktail place (if there's one nearby).

Ebay and Amazon have plenty of individual 35ml and 70ml jiggers otherwise.

http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=35ml+jigger&_sacat=0

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stainless-Steel-Measure-Spirit-Measuring/dp/B0001IX13Y/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418687245&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=70ml+jigger

Morf

alfagirl wrote: »

Looking to purchase (pref on line) a standard Irish Spirit Measure, preferable with one measure on one side and a double cup on the other.
Any ideas about where to source? Metal, Silver Plated or Silver will be considered.
Thanks.

A quick google search showed this site. Other sites are available.

Nisbets.ie

alfagirl

Many thanks - just the thing.

coylemj

I saw a few in the (Dublin) Blackrock market a few months ago, bought a 35.5 ml one for myself. It has the Irish Weights and Measures stamp so came from a pub.

The pre-metric measure for spirits in Irish pubs was a 1/4 gill and as a gill is a 1/4 pint, that measure was 1/16 of a pint. As a pint is 568 ml, divide that by 16 and you get 35.5 mls which is the standard pub measure in Ireland and Scotland.