It’s time to gear up for St. Patrick’s Day and celebrate all things green — especially green cocktails. Here are seven we like for this year, several of which will also work well for spring menus and brunch. (For more SPD drink ideas, here’s our cocktail roundup from 2024.)
Chapeau Melon
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Citadelle gin
- ½ oz. Midori melon liqueur
- ¼ oz. Ancho Reyes Verde chile liqueur
- ½ oz. Lime
- 1 ½ oz. Ginger beer
Instructions
- Combine ingredients and shake.
- Strain into highball glass over ice.
- Garnish with sweet pineapple foam and beet salt.
Notes
Beverage director Jessica Duré and beverage consultant Naeem Lama created this recipe for Cosmo in New York.
Emerald Enchantment
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Irish whiskey
- 1 oz. Sour apple schnapps
- 2 oz. White cranberry juice
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in shaker filled with ice.
- Shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
- Strain into chilled Martini glass.
- Garnish with a green apple slice.
Notes
Dawid Smietana, food & beverage manager at Kilkea Castle in Ireland, created this recipe.
Welsh Dragon
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Leroux peach schnapps
- 1 oz. Leroux melon liqueur
- ½ oz. Leroux green crème de menthe
- 1 ½ oz. Orange juice freshly squeezed
- 1 ½ oz. Pineapple juice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Strain into a Collins glass with ice.
- Garnish with cucumber ribbon.
Notes
Recipe from Phillips Distilling Co.’s Cocktailmanac 2025.
Madame Butterfly
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Vodka
- ¼ oz. Strega
- ¼ oz. Cucumber liqueur
- ¾ oz. Lime juice
- 1 oz. Yuzu Kosho honey shrub
- 2 Cucumber slices
- Top with club soda
Instructions
- Build ingredients in a tin shaker with ice and 2 cucumber slices.
- Shake and strain into a Collins glass with fresh ice.
- Top with club soda.
- Garnish with a bamboo leaf and orchid.
Notes
The mixologists at Queen in Miami Beach created this recipe.
I Got You (I Feel Good)
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Bombay Gin
- ½ oz. St Germain elderflower liqueur
- ½ oz. Apple cordial
- Cucumber foam top
Instructions
- Stir liquid ingredients together.
- Pour into a fizz cocktail glass.
- Top with cucumber foam.
- Garnish with a cucumber slice.
Notes
The mixologists at Lafayette Steakhouse in Miami created this recipe.
Shamrock & Roll
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Skrewball peanut butter whiskey
- ¾ oz. White chocolate liqueur
- ¾ oz. Creme de menthe
- ½ oz. Half and half
- Chocolate syrup
- Cocoa powder
Instructions
- Rim a glass with chocolate syrup and cocoa powder.
- Shake the rest of the ingredients in a shaker with ice.
- Strain into the garnished glass.
Notes
The mixologists at Skrewball created this recipe.
Ok, sorry these recipes sound dreadful! Enough sugar to choke a horse.😱
How about a Velvet Hammer?
Green Chartreuse, tonic, orange bitters, and a squeeze of lime. 😋 Delicious and potent. Drink with caution.