If you plan on hosting a St. Patty’s Day mega-bash or just a casual get-together at home this weekend, you must be feeling lucky today! The next best thing to winning a pot of gold is toasting to a fun time with friends and family! To make your St. Patrick’s Day celebration even more enjoyable, here are 6 festive cocktail recipes we’re sure you’ll love.

St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail Recipes

Ginger Lime Mojito

Ingredients

• 3oz Sparkling Ice Ginger Lime
• 1.5oz White Rum
• 10 mint leaves
• Lime wedge, for garnish
• Mint sprig, for garnish

Directions

1. In an ice filled Collins glass, add Sparkling Ice Ginger Lime, rum, and mint leaves, then stir.
2. Garnish with a lime wedge and mint sprig and serve.

Ginger Sage Cocktail

SERVINGS: 8-10

Ingredients

• 1 bottle of Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore DOCG
• Simple Syrup
• 1 cup honey
• 3 cups water
• 2 whole pears, peeled, cored and diced
• 1 large piece of ginger, peeled and diced
• 20 fresh sage leaves (plus more for garnish)

Directions

1. In a saucepan combine the honey and water over medium heat and bring to a light boil.
2. Turn the heat down to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the honey has dissolved completely.
3. Add the pears, ginger and sage leaves.
4. Simmer, stirring occasionally until the mixture has reduced by 1/3 (about 15-20 minutes).
5. Remove from heat and let the mixture steep for an additional 10 minutes.
6. Strain the syrup into a large canning jar or thick glass bowl.
7. Discard the ginger and sage leaves.
8. Place a few pieces of the cooked pear into each stemless wine glass followed by 2 tbsps of the simple syrup.
9. Add Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore DOCG and serve.

Gin Fitzey

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz of gin
• Simple syrup
• ½ Lime (sliced into 3 wedges)
• Splash of Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime
• Lime (garnish)

Directions

1. Add gin, simple syrup, and lime wedges to shaker.
2. Muddle.
3. Add ice.
4. Shake and strain into chilled glass.
5. Add a splash of Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime.
6. Garnish with lime twist.

Gingered Apple Sparkler

• 1.5 oz. handcrafted Vodka
• 1.5 oz. sour apple liqueur
• Splash of Angostura Bitters
• 4 oz. chilled Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer mini in Lemon/Lime
• 1 maraschino cherry
• Ice

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Add the vodka, liqueur and bitters; shake well.
3. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
4. Top with Brooklyn Crafted and the cherry.

Ginger Whiskey Cider

• 2 oz. Hard Cider
• 1 oz. Whiskey
• Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini in Traditional, to fill
• Crushed Ice

1. In a 12-16 oz. high ball glass, combine the hard cider and whiskey.
2. Fill the glass with crushed ice and top with Brooklyn Crafted.

Irish Mule

Ingredients

• 1 bottle (12.7 fl oz. ea.) Bundaberg Ginger Beer
• 2 oz. Irish whiskey
• Juice of half a lime
• Lime slices and a mint sprig to garnish
• Ice

Directions

If you want a traditional Irish Mule, mix it in a copper mug. But a tumbler will also do just fine.

1. Fill your glass with ice, and pour your whiskey over the ice.
2. Add your lime juice, top with Bundaberg Ginger Beer and stir gently to mix.
3. Garnish your drink with a lime slice and tuck your mint sprig in at the side for an aromatic end to your drink.

For more cocktail recipes and party-planning ideas, check out the Entertaining section on Inspirations & Celebrations. Cheers to a fun and festive St. Patrick’s Day!

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