Anyone can go to a bar on St. Patrick’s Day and order their favorite beer with a few drops of green food coloring added. For those that prefer to stay at home, not fight the crowds, and be with friends and family to celebrate the Irish holiday, it is possible to have more than just a beer.
Here are just a few recipes for non-beer recipes for drinks for people to enjoy on St. Patrick’s Day. Add a little more fun to drinks by creating ice cubes with green food coloring. Simply add water and green food coloring to ice cube tray and freeze. Once fully frozen, add to drinks.
Irish Eyes
Serves 1
- 4-6 ice cubes, cracked
- 2 measures Irish whiskey
- 1/2 measure green Chartreuse
Put the cracked ice into a mixing glass. Pour the Irish whiskey and green Chartreuse over the ice. Stir well and strain into a chilled cocktail or lowball glass.
Shillelagh
Serves 1
- 2 measures Irish whiskey
- 1 measure dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon golden rum
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Pinch of superfine sugar
- Cocktail cherry
Shake the Irish whiskey, dry sherry, golden rum, lemon juice and pinch of superfine sugar vigorously over ice cubes until well frosted. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and dress with the cocktail cherry.
Irish Stinger
Serves 1
- 1 measure Bailey’s Irish Cream
- 1 measure white crème de menthe
Shake the Bailey’s Irish Cream and white crème de menthe vigorously over ice cubes until well frosted and strain into a chilled show or lowball glass.
Irish Cow
Serves 1
- 1 cup milk
- 2 measures Irish whiskey
- 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
Heat the milk in a small saucepan to just below boiling point. Remove from the heat and pour into a warmed heatproof glass or mug. Add the Irish whiskey and superfine sugar, and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
The Dancing Leprechaun
Serves 1
- 1 measure Irish whiskey
- 1/2 measure Drambuie
- 1/2 measure lemon juice
- Ginger ale
- Twist of Lemon peel
Shake the Irish whiskey, Drambuie, lemon juice and ginger ale vigorously over ice cubes until frosted and strain into a highball glass with ice cubes. Garnish with a twist of lemon.
Irish Flag
Serves 1
- 1 measure Bailey’s Irish Cream
- 1 measure green crème de menthe
- 1 measure Grand Marnier orange liqueur
Pour the crème de menthe into a pousse-café glass. Slowly pour the Bailey’s Irish cream over the back of a spoon so that it floats on top of the crème de menthe. Finally, slowly pour the Grand Marnier over the back of the spoon so that it floats on top of the Bailey’s Irish crème.
With these additions to the typical green beer, anyone (over the legal drinking age) is able to enjoy a drink on St. Patrick’s Day that isn’t necessarily beer.
Ryan Lesnau - Ryan Lesnau is a Saint Cloud-based freelance writer with over 5 years of experience writing. He has written for several different ...
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