This Friday, skip the green beer! Here are 6 cocktail recipes perfect for St Patrick’s Day that you’re sure to love! Irish whiskey, Lucky Charms garnishes, and tons of ginger. Enjoy!
1. Lucky Charms Martini
Ingredients:
Marshmellow vodka – 2 oz
Half & half – 3 oz
P&M Simple Syrup – to taste
Lucky Charms cereal – for rim & garnish
Instructions:
Crush some Lucky Charms cereal, and use as a rim on a chilled cocktail glass.
In a shaker, combine marshmallow vodka, half & half, P&M Simple Syrup, and ice.
Shake and strain into rimmed cocktail glass.
Garnish with Lucky Charms marshmallows.
2. Irish Mule
Ingredients:
Irish whiskey – 2 oz
P&M Ginger Beer – 4 oz
(or sub for P&M Old Ballycastle Ginger – 2 oz)
Lime juice – squeeze of
Instructions:
Using P&M Ginger Beer – Fill copper mug, or glass to the top with crushed ice. Add Irish whiskey, a squeeze of lime juice, then P&M Ginger Beer. Stir, and garnish with a lime wedge.
Using P&M Old Ballycastle Ginger – Fill copper mug, or glass to the top with crushed ice. In a shaker, combine Irish whiskey, P&M Old Ballycastle Ginger, lime juice, and ice. Shake and strain over crushed ice. Top off with 1 oz soda water. Garnish with a lime wedge.
*Photography by A Nerd Cooks
3. Blackberry Irish Whiskey Sour
Ingredients:
Irish whiskey – 1.5 oz
Blackberry brandy – .75 oz
P&M Lemon Sour – .75 oz
Blackberry – for garnish
Instructions:
In a shaker, combine Irish whiskey, blackberry brandy, P&M Lemon Sour, and ice. Shake and strain over fresh ice. Garnish with a blackberry.
* Recipe inspired by Kleinworth & Co
4. Jameson & Ginger
Ingredients:
Jameson Irish Whiskey – 2 oz
P&M Old Ballycastle Ginger – 2 oz
Lime – squeeze of
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Shake and strain over fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wedge.
5. Irish Coffee
Ingredients:
Irish Whiskey – 1.5 oz
P&M Simple Syrup – 1 oz
Hot Brewed Coffee – 6+ oz
Unsweetened Cream – lightly whipped
Instructions:
Pour the whiskey, P&M Simple Syrup, and hot coffee into a glass or mug. Give a stir, and top with unsweetened cream, lightly whipped.
6. Ginger Margarita
Ingredients:
Blanco tequila – 2 oz
P&M Classic Margarita – 1.5 oz
P&M Old Ballycastle Ginger – .5 oz
Salt & sugar – for rim
Lime wedge – for garnish
Crystalized Ginger Candy – for garnish
Instructions:
In a small dish, combine equal amounts of salt and sugar. Run the juice of a lime wedge along the outside rim of your glassware.
Dip the rim into the salt/sugar at an angle, and rotate the glass until either half or all of the rim is covered.
In a shaker, combine tequila, P&M Margarita, P&M Old Ballycastle Ginger, and ice. Shake and strain into rimmed glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with lime wedge and/or crystallized ginger candy.
* Recipe & photography by Oh Little Foxes
