St. Patrick’s Day Cocktails, Minus the Green
By Vicki Cruz
Let’s face it, some of us can get a little sick of all that green.
If you are shying away from green beer and green cocktails this St. Patricks’s Day, try mixing up one of these delicious St. Patrick’s Day-inspired cocktails that happen to not be green! Sláinte!
Pot o’ Gold
Courtesy of Veronica Farias, Mixologist
Preparation:
- Rim with Gold Sugar a Coupe Champagne Glass.
- Pour 1 oz. of Goldschlager (Chilled)
- Splash of St. Germain
- Top with Champagne (Brut)
Thyme Lot-O-Luck
Ingredients:
- 8 oz. Dark Rum
- 3 oz. Lemon Juice
- 4 oz. Thyme Simple Syrup*
- 12 oz. Apple Cider
- 1 bottle (750ml) ONEHOPE Sparkling Wine
- 4 dashes Angostura Bitters
- Thyme (for Garnish)
Preparation: Place all ingredients (except Sparkling Wine) in a large pitcher or carafe. Fill your glasses with crushed ice and fill 1/2 with mixture. Top with Sparkling Wine and serve with a few sprigs of thyme for garnish.
*Thyme Simple Syrup
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 1/2 cups Water
- 10 sprigs Thyme
Preparation: Combine sugar, water and 10 sprigs of thyme in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer until the sugar has dissolved completely (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and place the syrup in the refrigerator to cool (about 90 minutes).
The Irish Exit
Courtesy of Veronica Farias, Mixologist
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz. Jameson
- 3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
- 3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Preparation: Shake and strain over ice into glass rimmed with green sugar. Garnish with a cherry.
The Lucky Charm
Courtesy of Veronica Farias, Mixologist
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz. Vodka
- 1 1/2 oz. Baileys
- splash of Kahlua
- splash of Milk
Preparation: Shake and pour over rocks glass with ice. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle Lucky Charms on top.
Irish Margarita
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz. Jameson Irish Whiskey
- 1/2 oz. Patrón Citrónge
- 1/2 oz. Monin Agave Nectar
- 1 1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Preparation: Combine all ingredients and pour over ice in a tall glass rimmed with salt. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Liquid Luck
Ingredients:
- 3 Green Cherry Tomatoes or 1 Medium Green Tomato
- 1 oz. Don Julio Reposado
- 1 bottle of Corona
- 1/2 oz. Lime Juice
- 1/4 oz. Worcestershire
- 3 dashes of Tabasco
- Tajin Seasoning (for Rim)
Preparation: Muddle the cherry tomatoes and lime juice in a mixing glass. Add Don Julio Reposado, Worcestershire and Tabasco. Fill glass with ice and shake. Dump contents of glass into a tajin-rimmed beer glass. Fill with Corona.
Gold Rush
Ingredients:
- 1 part Serpent’s Bite
- 1 1/2 parts Stout Style Beer
- 1 1/2 parts Sparkling Wine
Preparation: Pour Serpent’s Bite into a shot glass. Pour equal parts stout beer and sparkling wine into a pint glass, until the glass is half full. Drop the shot glass into the pint glass and drink up.