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Creating an Irish Whiskey Cocktail - NY Times
St. Patrick’s’ Day Recipe Round Up - Liquor Snob
iphone Apps for St. Patrick’s Day
How to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day like an Irishman - Miss C Recommends via Mental Floss
How to Pour a Perfect Guinness
Irish Drinking Toasts
Green Your St. Patrick’s Day - Huffington Post

The Tourment of the Irish. Ok, St. Patrick’s Day cocktails should probably start with Irish Whiskey, but the Absinthe Irish from Le Tourment Vert is to tasty to pass up. So why not? Go Absinthe this St. Patrick’s Day!

Absinthe Irish

1 1/2 oz. Tourment Absinthe
1/2 oz. Cointreau
1/2 oz. Midori
1/3 oz. Pineapple Juice
1/3 oz. Sweet and Sour
1/3 oz. Red Bull

Shake well in a shaker filled with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a cherry

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After having an excellent muddling lesson in Vegas with Tony Abu-Gamin, I have become a fan of all things muddled. Muddled cucumber and Jett energy vodka make a green, refreshing and simple St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail. OK the name doesn’t really suggest a St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail, but why not. Leave a comment with your “Irish” name for this cocktail.

The Concorde

1 ½ oz JETT Vodka
7 Cucumber slices
3 oz Club Soda

In a mixing tin, muddle six thin slices of cucumber. Add JETT and ice.
Shake well and strain into an ice filled highball glass. Top off with
soda water and garnish with a slice of cucumber.

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past Drink of the Week cocktails
recipe courtesy Jett Vodka
photo credit Steve Bao

Our freinds at p.i.n.k. Vodka are ready for St. Patrick’s Day and created this new cocktail for this years celebration. Vodka laced with guarana and caffine mixed with irish cream and crème de menthe all served up in a chocolate laced martini glass. Green chocolaty goodness.

p.i.n.k. Leprechaun Martini

2 oz p.i.n.k. vodka
1½ oz Irish cream
¾ oz green crème de menthe
Chocolate syrup

Swirl chocolate syrup inside a well-chilled martini glass.
Combine ingredients over chipped ice and shake well.
Strain into glass.

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photo & recipe courtesy p.i.n.k. spirits

Hail the “holy trinity”! Last week I had the pleasure to meet the faces behind Le Tourment Vert (www.letourmentvert.com) and experience their vision of what this wonderful spirit offers after such a long hiatus from our shores. This Absinthe is handcrafted in small batches by Bruno Delannoy of Vinet Ege and combines fourteen herbs to create a truly inspirational blend.

The color of Le Toutment is a mouthwash blue, it is quite shocking. It has a strong anise flavor and may be a tad overly sweet. The aftertaste is all sugar, which makes it good for cocktails.

Moving beyond the ritualistic, yet fun, Classic and Bohemian Method of enjoying Absinthe, Le Tourment Vert mixes with a variety of flavorful cocktails. I particularly enjoyed La Fee Verte, the Green Fairy.

The Green Fairy

Mix in Shaker

2oz. Le Tourment Absinthe
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
1 1/2 oz. Orange Juice,
squeeze of lime

Shake well and pour into martini glass, garnish with lime.

A perfect green drink! I may include it in my rounds this St. Patty’s day.

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Le Tourment Vert
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Irish whiskey is good every day, but particularly appropriate on St.Patrick’s Day! Here’s another way to enjoy it, courtesy of Michael Collins Irish Whiskey:

Dublin Apple

2 parts Irish whiskey
1 part sour apple schnapps
2 parts cranberry juice

Shake the ingredients well over ice in a cocktail shaker, strain, and serve in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a slice of apple.

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Michael Collins Irish Whiskey

Today everyone is Irish! Grab a green beer, a shot of Irish Whiskey and don something green.

Check out the official St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Dublin. Jameson is throwing a world wide party. See where to go in your town Jameson 360.

Irish Whiskey Reviews
Jameson
Jameson 12
Tullamore Dew

and Irish cocktails ….

A few St. Patrick’s Day Facts and Toasts. And just for kicks, learn how to fold a dollar bill into a shamrock.

Have fun today an be safe, remember it is still Monday.

And a special treat for the guys