You don’t have to drink green beer to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We won’t judge you if you do, but there are some fun cocktails to consider when you are ready to celebrate ole Saint Pat. In fact, you don’t even have to be Irish. Just put on some green and bring some spirit to this day of revelry.
When it comes to Irish spirits, it’s about all about the whiskey. We came up with a four-leaf clover full of best bets for Saint Patrick’s Day cocktails – with Irish whiskey, of course.
2 GINGERS Irish whiskey was started right here in Minnesota and has gone national. Celebrate this whiskey’s Irish roots.
Directions:
- Fill a Collins glass with ice
- Pour 2 parts 2 GINGERS® Irish Whiskey
- Top up with ginger ale
- Wedge with both lemon and lime
Ingredients:
- 2 parts Irish whiskey
- ¾ parts Orange Curacao
- ½ parts sherry
- 1 dash Triple sec
- 1 dash Cointreau
- Ice cubes
Fill a mixer glass with ice, pour Triple sec, sherry, Orange Curacao, and Irish whiskey into the glass. Stir together, then strain into the cocktail glass. Garnish with orange peel
Ingredients:
- 1/2 tsp. Triple Sec
- 2 ounces Irish whiskey
- 1/2 tsp. Anis
- 1/4 tsp. Maraschino Liqueur
- 1 olive
- 1 twist orange peel
Shake Irish whiskey, Anis, triple sec, and maraschino with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Add the twist of orange peel, top with the olive, and serve.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 ounce Drambuie
- 1 ounce Irish Whiskey
- 1/4 ounce triple sec
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- Ginger ale
- Lemon twist for garnish
Pour the whiskey, Drambuie, triple sec, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until the tin is frosted, strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Add a splash of ginger ale and garnish with a lemon twist.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup Demerara or other raw sugar
- 40 ounces boiling water
- One 750-ml bottle Irish whiskey
- Strips of zest from 6 lemons
- 6 thin lemon slices, each studded with 4 cloves, for garnish
- Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish
In a heatproof bowl, muddle the lemon zest with the sugar. Let stand for 1 to 2 hours. Muddle again, add 8 ounces boiling water and stir until the sugar dissolves. Strain into a warm heatproof bowl and stir in the whiskey. Add the remaining 32 ounces of boiling water and garnish with the studded lemon slices and nutmeg.
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