St. Patrick's Day Cocktail

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Photographed in a Retro Coupe Engraved 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Irish whiskey
1⁄3 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1⁄3 oz Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
1⁄3 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1⁄3 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of mint leaf (or shamrock).
  3. SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. TOP with soda.
  6. Garnish with mint leaf (or shamrock) pegged to rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Cocktail of the day:

17th March 2025 is Saint Patrick's Day

Review:

Verdant, vibrant, and virtuous - so virtuous that it's saintly! Faintly minty, herbal, and citrusy with whiskey making it a helluva craic.

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History:

Created in 2006 by yours truly in London, England. (Better if it had been Dublin or Belfast!)

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Nutrition:

One serving of St. Patrick's Day Cocktail contains 207 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 20.38% alc./vol. (20.38° proof)
  • 20.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
18th March at 16:33
I think this might break depending on your green mint liqueur. I used De Kuyper's and it mainly tasted as eating or drinking something right after brushing your teeth. It was a minty feeling with off flavours surrounding it. Not a fan, but will try it next year with Giffard's.
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Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
18th March at 16:34
The splash of soda is great though! Forgot to mention that, it absolutely helps the drink overall and should not be ignored.
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Guilherme Dias’ Avatar Guilherme Dias
17th March at 17:36
Made it today (St. Patrick's Day) only because it's green and ended up enjoying it a lot! The Irish whiskey makes a lot of sense here, rounding out the freshness of the other ingredients. I don't see this cocktail working as well with scotch or bourbon. Would recommend it to anyone who's looking for something ludic and tasty to celebrate.
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Cameron Carter’s Avatar Cameron Carter
17th March 2023 at 21:05
Fantastic cocktail! I threw a few mint leaves into the shaker and fine strained.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
18th March 2022 at 02:48
Finishing out St. Patrick's Day in San Diego, we had this as our digestive. It was perfect. Wonderfully herbal with just the right sweetness. Highly enjoyable.
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Nathalie O'Flynn’s Avatar Nathalie O'Flynn
17th March 2022 at 08:54
Happy Saint Patrick's day. This was the cocktail I already chose for tonight. Today we are going to a big big Saint Patrick's day party hosted by a restaurant (Irish guy running it) up in the mountains 2222m in altitude
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
17th March 2022 at 20:03
Cheers, Nathalie. I'm now also sipping on one but in a far less lofty location. It's a cleansing cocktail!
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Nathalie O'Flynn’s Avatar Nathalie O'Flynn
17th March 2022 at 17:11
well after our mega party up there in the mountains, just sipping this right now and very much enjoying this... Cheers all
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Scott Noonan’s Avatar Scott Noonan
17th March 2022 at 06:44
Tried this tonight. Exceptionally balanced, the chartreuse is dominat but not unbalanced. The soda water really brings it all together.
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