O’Cocktails for Your St. Patty’s Day

Green beer is a staple in the United States for St. Patty's Day, but what if you're not a beer drinker?  Here's some easy St. Patty's Day themed cocktails from YourTango for you to serve up today!

Shamrock Kir

By the chef staff of Benjamin Steakhouse Westchester

Ingredients

Champagne
1/2 oz. Apple Pucker

Directions

• Add 1/2 oz of apple pucker to a champagne glass and top of with your champagne of choice.
• Add a cherry for garnish, if desired.

Pot O' Gold Cocktail

By Coryanne Ettiene of Celebrations

Ingredients

1 oz of whiskey
4 oz of ginger ale
Orange twist
Gold sugar glitter
Slice of orange

Directions

• In a chilled glass, run the orange slice along the rim of the glass and then gently rim the glass with gold sugar glitter.
• Add the Whiskey, and then top with the ginger ale.
• Garnish with an orange rind twist.

Green Iced Tea

By James Labe, America's first tea sommelier

Ingredients

1 Numi decaf ginger lemon tea
3 oz. fresh cucumber juice
1 1/2 oz. tequila
Splash of lemon juice

Directions

• Infuse one tea bag in tequila for thirty minutes, then remove bag, squeezing out excess.
• Combine and stir ingredients.
• Serve on the rocks.
• Garnish with lime wedge.

Chocolate Peppermint Martini

By Susan Mallery, NYT best-selling author of Susan Mallery's Fool's Gold Cookbook

Ingredients

2 oz vodka
1 oz green crème de menthe
1 oz peppermint Schnapps
Crushed ice
1 oz Bailey's mint chocolate liqueur

Directions

• In a blender, combine ice, vodka, crème de menthe, and peppermint Schapps.
• Pour into a chilled martini glass. Carefully add one ounce of Bailey's mint chocolate liqueur, so the drink has lovely bands of green and brown.
• Serve with a green-striped peppermint stick for stirring.