St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) is fast approaching, but the parties, bar crawls, and other festivities will be in full swing all weekend. Doing our part, CASSIUS has put together a nice collection of clever cocktails that fit the theme of St. Patrick’s Day as best we could connect.
Breaking the fourth wall here: St. Patrick’s Day isn’t something I grew up celebrating, nor do I have a ton of Irish friends. I do, however, have plenty of pals who like to have a good beverage or two, and this weekend is a prime time for such activity.
SPD began as a celebration in Ireland to honor St. Patrick, a patron saint of the nation. Irish immigrants to the Unnited States brought SPD to our shores, and the holiday became less about St. Patrck and more about raucous celebrations at homes and local watering holes.
As I did last year, I’ll share Britanica‘s explanation of what SPD is instead of my ham-handed attempt:
It was emigrants, particularly to the United States, who transformed St. Patrick’s Day into a largely secular holiday of revelry and celebration of things Irish. Cities with large numbers of Irish immigrants, who often wielded political power, staged the most extensive celebrations, which included elaborate parades. Boston held its first St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1737, followed by New York City in 1762. Since 1962 Chicago has coloured its river green to mark the holiday. (Although blue was the colour traditionally associated with St. Patrick, green is now commonly connected with the day.) Irish and non-Irish alike commonly participate in the “wearing of the green”—sporting an item of green clothing or a shamrock, the Irish national plant, in the lapel.
I know I’ll be having a few Irish coffees over the weekend, a drink I never get enough of and crave around this time of year. I’m also keen to try out some of the green-tinged numbers we’ve amassed below. As always, if you plan to indulge, do so safely and surely, and please have a great St. Patrick’s Day.
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Check Out Our St. Patrick’s Day 2025 Cocktail Roundup was originally published on cassiuslife.com
1. Belle Bulle (Belle de Brillet)
Source:Belle de Brillet
1.75 oz Belle de Brillet
0.5 oz Lemon Juice
3.5 oz Soda Water
2 green olives as a garnish and a pinch of salt to release the flavors
Instructions:
In a large wine glass, filled with ice cubes, pour the ingredients and mix.
2. Cookies & Creamy Shamrock Shake
Source:(Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
1.5 oz Baileys Cookies & Creamy Non-Dairy Oat Milk Liqueur
½ an Avocado
1 scoop Vegan Cookies & Cream Ice Cream
Top Layer:
1 bunch Fresh Mint
1 tsp Matcha Powder
½ oz Maple Syrup
1 oz Water
Method: Blend smoothie ingredients until thick. Blend together the top layer until smooth. Layer on top of the shake mix, garnish and enjoy.
Garnish: Fresh Mint
Glassware: Tall Boy Glass
3. D.E.W. & A Brew
Source:Tullamore D.E.W.
Created by Clodagh Mai O’Callaghan, Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey East Coast Ambassador
INGREDIENTS:
1 part Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey
1 par tbeer of your choice
METHOD: Combine all ingredients. Stir and pour
4. Fizz Cucumber and Basil (Cointreau)
Source:Cointreau
Ingredients:
4 Basil leaves
2 oz Cointreau
3 slices of Fresh Cucumber
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients apart from soda water in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled wine glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with a Cucumber slice and basil leaf.
5. Green Machine Gin & Juice
Source:Tanqueray
Ingredients:
1.25 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
3 oz Green Juice
Glassware: Rocks Glass
Garnish: Mint Sprig
Preparation: Build 1.25 oz of Tanqueray London Dry Gin and 3 oz fresh Green Juice over ice in a rocks glass. Stir and garnish with a mint sprig.
6. Green Tea Shots (Proper No Twelve Irish Whiskey)
Source:Proper No Twelve Irish Whiskey
Ingredients:
3 oz Proper No Twelve Irish Whiskey
3 oz Peach Schnapps
3 oz Sour Mix
Splash of Lemon Lime soda
Directions: Pour all ingredients into a Boston Shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 4 shot glasses.
7. Irish Coffee (The Busker)
Source:The Busker
Ingredients:
35 ml The Busker Single Pot Still
20 ml Demerara Syrup (2:1)
120 ml Hot Coffee
Heavy Cream (lightly whipped)
Directions:
In a heated glass, combine Busker Single Pot Still Whiskey, Demerara Syrup, and Hot Coffee. Stir to combine and dissolve the syrup.Gently float lightly whipped cream on top by pouring it over the back of a spoon. Do not stir. Enjoy through the cream.
8. Irish Gin & Premium Tonic (Drumshanbo)
Source:Drumshanbo
1.5 oz Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
Top off with premium chilled tonic water
Garnish: Wedge of red grapefruit
Directions: Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add the gin and top off with premium chilled tonic water. Garnish with a thick wedge of red grapefruit.
9. Irish Gold Brew
Source:Roe & Co Irish Whiskey
Ingredients:
2 oz Irish brown butter-washed Roe & Co Irish Whiskey
0.75 oz Giffard Banane
1.25 oz Cold Brew
3 drops Saline Solution (20%) or Pinch of Sea Salt
2 droppers Mole Bitters
Vanilla Milk or Coffee Creamer
Garnish: Shaved Chocolate
Brown Butter-Washed Roe & Co:
5 oz Brown Butter (Irish Butter)
Glassware: Irish Coffee Mug
Method:
Melt Irish butter in a pan over medium heat until browned (5-10 min). Remove from heat and combine with Roe & Co in a sealed container. Shake gently every 10 min for 1 hour. Freeze until butter solidifies, then strain through cheesecloth to remove solids. Add brown butter Roe & Co, Giffard Banane, cold brew, saline or pinch of salt, and bitters into a mixing glass. Stir and strain into a Glass Mug. Froth your favorite vanilla milk or creamer. Pour over the cocktail.
10. Irish Maid
Source:Teeling
2 oz Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey
¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
¾ oz Simple Syrup
½ oz St. Germain
2 Cucumber Slices
BUILD:
Muddle cucumbers in tin, add all other ingredients. Shake and fine strain into a Rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a cucumber slice.
Glass: Rocks | Garnish: Cucumber
11. Lime Margarita (Cutwater)
Source:Cutwater
Cutwater has become one of my go-to RTD brands, and while the Lime Margarita might not fit some ideas of a St. Paddy’s Day cocktail, we’re including it for reasons that should make sense to most.
Learn more here.
12. Lucky Azul
Source:Hpnotiq
Ingredients:
2 oz Hpnotiq
1 oz blanco tequila
1 oz pineapple juice
Directions: Shake with ice and strain into a margarita glass with ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.
13. Luck be a Clover
Source:Keeper's Heart
1.25 oz Midori
3/4 oz lemon juice
1 egg white (optional)
Garnish: Gold Powder
14. Matcha Martini
Source:21Seeds
INGREDIENTS:
1.5 oz 21Seeds Valencia Orange Infused Tequila
1.5 oz Matcha
1 oz White Chocolate Liquor
0.5 oz Simple Syrup
DIRECTIONS:
Fill shaker with ingredients and shake for 30 seconds. Double strain and pour.
15. Mint Julep (Rémy Martin)
Source:Rémy Martin)
Ingredients:
2 oz Rémy Martin VSOP
Mint Sprigs
0.5 oz Sugar Syrup
Instructions:
Add eight mint sprigs and sugar syrup to a mixing glass. Add crushed ice and 2 oz of Rémy Martin VSOP
16. “Pot of Gold” Margarita
Source:DeLeon
Ingredients:
1.5 oz DELEÓN Blanco
0.5 oz Vanilla Syrup
1 oz Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
3 Pineapple Chunks
Glassware: Rocks Glass
Garnish: Bruléed Pineapple Triangle and 2 Fronds
Method: Muddle pineapple chunks into the glass. In a shaker, combine DELEÓN Blanco, vanilla syrup and lime juice. Pour into a rocks glass, top with a sugar-coated pineapple triangle, and lightly torch before serving.
17. Scottish Coffee
Source:Jameson
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Johnnie Walker Black Label
1.5 oz Espresso or Cold Brew Coffee
0.75 oz Mr. Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur
0.25 oz Cinnamon Syrup
Glassware: Coupe or Irish Coffee Mug
Garnish: Floated with Salted Sweet Coconut Cream, Shaved Cinnamon
Preparation: Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, add ice, shake and strain into a chilled glass coupe or mug and garnish with shaved cinnamon using a microplane.
18. Shamrock & Roll Cocktail (Skrewball)
Source:Walking Eagle Photography
1.5 oz Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey
.75 oz White Chocolate Liqueur
.75 oz Creme De Menthe
.5 oz Half and Half
Chocolate Syrup
Cocoa Powder
Directions: Garnish the rim of your glass with chocolate syrup and cocoa powder. Shake the rest of the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into your garnished glass.
19. Shamrock Sour
Source:Hampton Water
1 oz Tequila
2 oz Hampton Water Rosé (still)
0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Agave (or Simple Syrup)
1 Egg White
2 oz Hampton Water Bubbly
Garnish: Lemon Peel, Angostura Bitters
DIRECTIONS:
Add all ingredients except the Hampton Water Bubbly into a shaker tin with ice and shake. Strain into a highball glass with ice. Top with 2 oz of Hampton Water Bubbly. Note: Cocktail should have a thicker egg cream texture that just begins to flow above the glass, but keeps shape. Garnish with lemon peel on top of glass or 3 dashes of angostura bitters in a pattern.
20. Spicy Verde (Casamigas)
Source:Casamigos
1.5 oz. Casamigas Jalapeño Tequila
.75 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
.5 oz. Simple Syrup
4 Basil Leaves
2 Cucumber Slices
1 Dash Scrappy’s Fire Tincture or 1 Jalapeño Slice
½ Thick Rim Equal Parts Salt/Sugar/Tajín® Mixture
Garnish Large Basil Leaf and Jalapeño Slice
Wet ½ rim of a small rocks glass with lime wheel or wedge then dip into salt mixture. Combine all ingredients into a tin shaker. (Muddle jalapeño and fine strain if using.) Add ice, shake vigorously and fine strain into rimmed rocks glass. Add fresh ice and garnish.
21. Spring Bud (St-Rémy)
Source:St-Rémy
Ingredients:
1 oz St-Rémy Signature
4 oz Elderflower Syrup
0.7 oz Lemon Juice
0.7 oz Tonic
3 Cucumber Slices
Instructions:
Pour the St-Rémy Signature and the elderflower syrup in an ice-filled glass. Stir and top with tonic. Garnish with some cucumber slices and serve.
22. The Oldest Fashioned
Source:Rose Bar
1 part Bushmills 16 YO
Demerara Syrup
Apple bitters
Garnish Orange Peel and Brandied Cherry
23. The Perfect Muff & Tonic
Source:Muff Gin
Ingredients:
2 oz Muff Irish Gin
Top with premium Indian tonic
Garnish: Slice of orange and sprig of rosemary
Directions: Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add the gin and top off with premium chilled tonic water. Garnish with a slice of orange and sprig of rosemary.
24. Triple Triple Mint Sour
Source:Jameson
Ingredients:
2 Parts Jameson Triple Triple
3/4 parts lemon juice
3/4 parts simple syrup
Mint leaves and lemon wedge for garnish
How to mix:
Pour everything into a shaker with ice. Shake, pour, garnished with lemon and mint and enjoy!
