A Drop of the Hard Stuff is the debut studio album of the Irish folk group The Dubliners.

The album cover provides biographical sketches of the band line-up: Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Ciarán Bourke and John Sheahan.

The album title is both an allusion to hard liquor, particularly Irish whiskey, and to the musical difficulty of the fourteen songs chosen for the album[citation needed], which emphasize the considerable depths of talent of the group, from the intricate fiddle and banjo work on "The Galway Races" and the reels, to the impressive a cappella rendition of "Limerick Rake".

Variety described the album as having "tremendous verve",[1] while Billboard selected it as a "Special Merit Pick", writing of it as "excellent" and saying that the group had a "genuine feel for the material".

[3] All songs are traditional compositions, with the exception of "The Travelling People," which was written by English performer Ewan MacColl.