St. Patrick's Day Cocktails!

This week David Rudd, Wine Supervisor of our Woodbridge location, features some of his St. Patrick's Day creations!

It’s that time of year again!  St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner and you’re probably already making plans for next Sunday.  The original meaning of The Feast of Saint Patrick bears a lot of cultural significance for the Irish and the Wish-they-were-Irish.  St. Patrick is credited with a number of achievements – from the salvation of Ireland to the eradication of snakes from the Emerald Isles.  Since the 1990s St. Patrick’s Day has also served as an opportunity for Ireland to market herself to the world. 

Whatever St. Patrick’s Day means to you, you’re sure to celebrate it in your way.  If you’re wearing green, you won’t get pinched.  If you visit Chicago, you’ll see the Chicago River turn green.  If you’re celebrating in your favorite irish pub, you’ll hear great music and commiserate with old friends.  Here are a few options to keep you from overindulging in green beer.

The Brotherhood
1 ½ oz Michael Collins Irish Whiskey
¾ oz Grand Marnier
¾ oz Benedictine
¾ oz fresh lemon juice

In an iced cocktail shaker combine ingredients and shake for a 12 count.  Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

Bushmills Irish Buck
1 ½ oz Bushmills Irish Whiskey
¼ oz fresh lime juice
2 oz ginger ale

Build in a collins glass filled with ice.  Top with ginger ale and garnish with a lime wheel.

An Bodhran (The Drum)
1 ¼ oz Bushmills Irish Whiskey
½ oz port
1 tsp maple sugar
1 egg
Mint bitters to garnish

In an iced cocktail shaker combine ingredients and shake for a 60 count.  Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with mint bitters as a shamrock.

Irish Coffee
1 ½ oz Jameson Irish Whiskey
1 oz brown sugar syrup
Hot brewed coffee

Add the whiskey and syrup to a coffee mug and fill 2/3 of the way with coffee.  Top with a thick swirl of whipped cream.

Shandy
3 parts beer
1 part ginger ale

Stir in a pint glass.

Irish Car Bomb
Irish stout
1 ½ oz Jameson Irish Whiskey

Pour the stout into a pint glass.  Drop a shot glass filled with irish whiskey in and drink up.

Black Velvet
1 part Irish stout
1 part Champagne

Fill a champagne flute halfway with the stout and top off with champagne.