On St. Patrick’s Day, both the Irish and the Irish at heart celebrate, clad in green and drink in hand.
In fact, the parades and other festivities honoring the famed patron saint would be only half-lived without the liquid fun. But while free-flowing green is so much a St. Patty’s day staple that dyed
Cocktails can be St. Patrick’s Day-themed too. They can be Irish-inspired or contain Irish ingredients, and they can be green, but they don’t have to be. Delicious is the only requirement.
St. Patrick’s Surprise
Served over ice in a high ball glass:
1 oz G’Vine Floraison gin
.5 oz blue curacao liqueur
.25 oz white creme de cacao liqueur
1.5 oz. freshly squeezed orange juice
To make the “Guinness head” foam: combine 1 egg white and .25 oz white creme de cacao, charge with NO2 in a whipped-cream canister, let chill for one hour and then top the cocktail.
The Lucano Cup O’ Gold
Served over ice in a low ball glass:
1.5 oz Amaro Lucano
2 oz green apple juice
2 oz ginger ale
Garnish with a sprig of mint and slices of cucumber, lemon and orange
Shamrock Spritz
Served over ice in a high ball glass:
.5 oz Belvedere Wild Berry vodka
3.5 oz Fever Tree lemonade
Garnish with a lemon wheel and blueberries
Leprechaun Crush
Served over crushed ice in a low ball glass:
2 oz Belvedere Wild Berry Vodka
3 bar spoons vanilla golden sugar
1 small lime
2 strawberries
5 blueberries
Muddle the fruit with the golden sugar then add the Belvedere and top with more crushed ice.
The Black Opal by Jacques Bezuidenhout
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled wine glass:
1.5 oz Partida Reposado
1.5 oz Guinness Draft
.5 oz Tawny Port
.25 oz Agave Nectar (Cut with equal parts
Dash of Angostura Bitters
Garnish with cinnimon
Irish Margarita
Served over ice in a high ball glass:
1.5 oz Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur
1 oz Montelobos Mezcal
.5 oz Milagro tequila
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.5 oz Cointreau
Garnish with lime wedge and fresh mint leaves
Pot Of Gold
Shaken and served in a coup glass:
2 oz Maestro Dobel Reposado Tequila
3/4 oz clover honey syrup
3/4 oz fresh Lemon Juice
.5 oz vanilla liqueur
Garnish with nutmeg
And if it’s just not St. Patrick’s day to you without the shots and bomb drinks, here are a few alternatives to the classics:
Amarula Springbox Shooter
In a shot glass:
.5 oz Amarula cream liqueur
.5 oz peppermint liqueur
After pouring peppermint liqueur, pour amarula onto a spoon held against the side of the shot glass to float it on top.
Irish Goodbye
.75 oz shot of Smirnoff Kissed Caramel vodka
8 oz glass of hard apple cider
Drop shot into cider, drink together and hold on to your shamrocks!
