*please celebrate responsibly*
1- Irish Coffee
What better way to start a rowdy St. Patrick’s day off right than with a caffeine-filled adult beverage??
Ingredients:
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1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey
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Whipped cream
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Optional: 3/4 ounce Irish cream, or a teaspoon of brown sugar
Instructions:
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Pour the whiskey into an Irish coffee mug.
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Put a spoon in the mug and pour in the hot coffee – the spoon somehow magically keeps the glass from breaking due to the hot liquid (don’t ask me how- just enjoy the laws of physics).
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If you’re adding sugar, do it now and stir until it dissolves.
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Add the whipped cream on top
2- Shamrock Juice Cocktail
Make this in a large pitcher to share with your pals!
Ingredients:
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1/2 ounces gin
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1/2 ounces white tequila
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1/2 ounces light rum
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1/2 ounces vodka
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1 ounce Blue Curacao
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4 ounces fresh squeezed orange juice
3- Green Daiquiri Punch
Ingredients:
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2 Cans Frozen Limeade Concentrate (thawed)
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2 Cups Gatorade (lemon-lime flavor)
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1 Cup Rum (use Malibu for an extra tropical kick)
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2 Cans Lemon-Lime Soda (Squirt is better than Sprite in my opinion, just sayin’)
Instructions:
- Mix Limeade, Gatorade and Rum in large pitcher
- Put in fridge to chill for at least an hour
4- The Irish Mule
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2 ounces Jameson
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6 ounces ginger beer (or more!)
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juice of half a lime (about 1 ounce)
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lime slices (optional, for garnish)
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mint sprig (optional, for garnish
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ice
Instructions:
- Mix together in a jazzy copper mug
5- The Lucky Leprechaun
Ingredients:
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1½ oz. tequila
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1½ oz. melon liquor such as Midori (let’s be real, you’re using watermelon Burnett’s)
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1½ oz. pineapple juice
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seltzer for topping
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honeydew melon for garnish
6- Mike’s Hard Lemonade (but themed!!)
Ingredients:
- 1 Mike’s Hard Lemonade
- 1 shot blue curacao
- ½ a shot of melon liquor
7- White Whiskey Sangria
Ya know, to feel like your friends who are actually abroad in Spain!
Ingredients:
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3 tbsp sugar
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1.7 oz Irish whiskey (50ml, a miniature bottle)
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1 green apple
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2 peaches
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10 mint leaves (a handful)
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1 bottle white wine
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12 oz soda water/sparkling water approx, to serve
8- Green Martini
Ingredients:
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2 3/4 oz vanilla vodka
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1 1/4 oz citrus vodka
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2 1/2 oz Rose’s Lime syrup
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1 Tbsp simple syrup
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2 drops green food coloring** optional
Instructions:
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Combine all ingredients in a shaker with a few ice cubes
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Shake well and pour into a martini glass
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Garnish with lime slices
9- Matcha Honey Spritzer
Matcha and white wine- a college girl’s dream!
Ingredients:
- 1/4 teaspoon of matcha powder
- 1 teaspoon warm water
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 3 ounces of dry white wine
- 2 ounces of ginger ale
- lemon wedge
Instructions:
- dissolve 1/4 teaspoon of matcha powder in 1 teaspoon warm water
- stir in 1 tablespoon honey until well mixed
- add ice, 3 ounces of dry white wine and 2 ounces of ginger ale
- garnish with lemon wedge
9- Irish Buck
Ingredients:
- ice
- 2 oz. Irish whiskey
- 1 tbsp. fresh lime juice
- 3 oz. ginger ale
- lime wedge
10- Sour Apple Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Jameson Irish Whiskey
- 1 1/2 oz Smirnoff Sour Apple Vodka
- 3 1/2 oz tonic water
- green apple slices
Instructions:
- In a cocktail shaker add Jameson Irish Whiskey, Smirnoff Sour Apple Vodka, and ice cubes
- Stir contents for 25 seconds using a long-handled cocktail spoon
- Strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice
- Top off with Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water
- Garnish with slices of green apple
11- Spicy BLT Green Bloody Marys
Ingredients:
- 4 cups green tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons of parsley
- ½ cup cucumber chunks
- 2 limes, juiced
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 jalapeno, quartered
- ice
- 8 ounces of vodka
- salt to taste
- 4 romaine lettuce leaf hearts
- 4 strips crispy bacon
- cherry tomatoes
- lemon wedges
Instructions:
- Combine the green tomatoes, vinegar, parsley, cucumber chunks, lime juice, Worcestershire and jalapeno in the jar of a blender
- Puree on high until very smooth
- Stir in the horseradish and the vodka
- Season to taste with salt
- Pour over ice and garnish with Romaine lettuce leaf hearts, and crispy strips of bacon and cherry tomatoes and lemon wedges
12- Irish Margaritas
Ingredients:
- 4 ounces tequila
- 2 ounces blue curacao
- 2 ounces peach schnapps
- 1 ounce Irish whiskey
- 1 ounce lime juice
- 8-12 ounces pineapple juice depends on personal taste
- 2 rounds lime for garnish
- Gold sugar crystals for rim
- Corn syrup for rim
- 1 cup shaved ice Blend 2 cups ice in the blender until it’s like snow
13- Jameson Jell-o Shots
YES YOU HEARD ME CORRECTLY WE ARE BREAKING OUT THE JELL-O SHOTS.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, packed
- 1/2 cup + 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- Pack of green jello (Is green considered a “flavor”? You betcha.
- 1 cup Jameson Irish Whiskey
14- Shamrock Sour
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup simple syrup
- 2 ounces Irish whiskey
- 1 tiny drop of green food coloring
- lime wedges for garnish
15- Irish Mojito
Ingredients:
- ½ lime, juiced
- small handful of fresh mint leaves
- 1 ½ oz. Bacardi Limon
- 2 tsp granulated sugar
- a splash of club soda
- a splash of Creme de Menthe (use green for more color)
- lime wedge, for garnish
Instructions:
- squeeze half a lime into a cocktail shaker, add mint leaves and muddle.
- add Bacardi, sugar and a handful of ice and shake.
- strain mixture into martini glass.
- top off with a splash of club soda and a drizzle of Creme de Menthe, which will sink to the bottom.
- add a lime wedge for garnish, and serve.
16- Irish Flag Shot
Ingredients:
- 1/3 shot green creme de menthe
- 1/3 shot Licor 43
- 1/3 shot Irish cream
Instructions:
- Carefully layer shot to avoid blending colors
17- Green Beer
Oh yes- what better way to finish off St. Patrick’s Day than with a green beer?
Ingredients:
- Guinness (for an authentic Irish taste) ((or Keystone for an authentic college taste))
- Green food coloring
Instructions:
- You know the drill.