Everyone’s Irish for at least one day of the year, and it’s hard to resist. In honor of Ireland, we drink, we stay out late with our friends, and we even color our beverages green. That’s right, never has a holiday helped crappy beer sell more than St. Patty’s day, where generally bars will have ridiculous drink specials offering cheap and sometimes free Green Beer, which is usually just colored Natty Light or Busch or whatever else is dirt cheap and available. But what if you don’t drink beer? What if you still want to partake in some festive drinking. Well, there’s a few options. You can drink Irish whiskey, you can drink Irish cream, or you can drink a green liquor beverage using green colored liqueurs and/or colors that when mixed give you the green result. For those looking at the last option, we’ve got a few recipes to share using a few spirits we recently received samples on. Check them out below and give em a try this St. Pats.
Cheers!
Pot of Gold
- 1 part Sauza® Blue Reposado 100% Agave Tequila
- 4 parts limeade
- 12 parts of your favorite microbrew beer
- Lemon slice (garnish)
Add Tequila and limeade and stir. Fill glass to the top with your favorite microbrew beer. Serve guests the remaining beer on the side. Garnish with lemon slice
A Lucky Kiss
- 1 part Sauza® Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila
- ½ part DeKuyper® Melon Liqueur
- 2 parts limeade
- Sugar
- Lemon slice (garnish)
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice combine all ingredients and shake to chill. Strain into a cocktail glass filled with ice and rimmed with sugar. Garnish with a lemon slice. Enjoy!
Four Leaf Clover
- 1 ½ parts Skinnygirl™ Cucumber Vodka
- 4 mint leaves
- 1 large basil leaf
- 1 lime wedge
- 3 parts soda water
- ½ tsp agave nectar
Squeeze lime wedge into glass. Muddle lime wedge with mint, basil and vodka. Add ice and top with soda water. Add agave nectar and stir. Garnish with mint leaves and enjoy!
Emerald Green Charm
- 1 ½ parts Skinnygirl™ Bare Naked Vodka
- 3/4 part apple juice
- ¼ part agave syrup
Stir agave syrup with vodka in the base of a shaker until the agave syrup dissolves.
Add apple juice and shake thoroughly with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with an apple slice.
