Shopping & Food

4 St. Patrick’s Day Cocktails and How to Make Them

Emerald Isle

Ingredients:

2 oz. Barrymore Pinot Grigio
4 Cucumber Chunks
5 Mint Leaves
¾ oz. Lime Juice
¾ oz. Simple Syrup

Directions:

To make syrup: mix equal parts hot water + sugar until sugar is dissolved. // In a cocktail shaker, muddle cucumber + mint leaves. // Fill shaker with ice and add the lime juice, simple syrup, and wine. // Shake and Garnish with 3 mint sprigs and a cucumber slice.

 

Shamrock Shake Up

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz. Vodka
1 oz. Simple Syrup (equal
parts sugar + hot water)
¾ oz. Lime Juice
6 Mint Leaves
1 oz. Soda Water

Directions:

Muddle mint leaves with simple syrup + lime juice in a shaker. //
Add vodka, shake, and strain into a highball glass filled with ice. //
Top with soda + garnish with a mint sprig

 

Green (Spiked) iced Tea

Ingredients

1 TeaBag of Ginger Lemon Tea
3 oz. Cucumber Juice (put cucumber in blender, blend, and strain)
1 ½ oz. of Tequila
Splash of Lemon Juice
Garnish: Lime Wedge

Directions

In a glass, let tea bag diffuse in the tequila for 30 minutes. // Remove bag + squeeze out excess. // Combine all ingredients with another in a glass filled with ice. // Stir and garnish with a lime wedge.

 

Emerald Crush

Ingredients:

2 oz. Vodka
½ Kiwi
½ Lime Juice
1 tsp. Sugar

Directions:

Peel Kiwi + Cut Lime into Quarters
Muddle fruit + sugar in a shaker until well crushed + juicy.
Add ice + vodka, then shake well
Pour all contents into a glass and add a straw

 

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