St. Patrick's Day Drinks & Cocktails

It's time we had a serious talk about what you'll be drinking on St. Patrick's Day. Sure, we love the novelty of green beer as much you do, but it's a bit lacking in the flavor department.

Instead, we suggest you observe the holiday with a proper cocktail that calls for Irish whiskey. The usually smooth and honeyed liquor not only tastes great neat but also works well with a range of different flavors. No wonder it's the fastest-growing spirit category in America.

So, class up your St. Patty's celebration by fixing one of these recipes, which were created by some of the world's best bartenders. Sláinte!

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Irish Jack Rose

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The traditional formula for this classic calls for applejack, but its Irish cousin is also tasty. Our recipe combines whiskey with French apple brandy for an easy-drinking tipple. View recipe: Irish Jack Rose

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The traditional formula for this classic calls for applejack, but its Irish cousin is also tasty. Our recipe combines whiskey with French apple brandy for an easy-drinking tipple.

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Comments

[colonelsun68]

06:55 AM on 03/21/2011

Good Irish whiskey shouldn't be corrupted by other ingredients, except maybe a little water. Use the cheaper stuff with cocktails.

[PaddyMc68]

07:05 AM on 03/18/2011

Bushmills? Really? On St. Padraig's Day, Huffpo is recommending Bushmills. That's low.

[benji85]

05:26 PM on 03/17/2011

What no love for the black and tan?

[Liquor.com]

06:02 PM on 03/17/2011

We have love for it, but it doesn't contain any Irish whiskey!

[jsgaetano]

05:11 PM on 03/17/2011

It's hard finding a place which makes a proper Irish Coffee.  Most places make it into some kind of ice cream desert drink.

[Richard McIntosh]

05:43 PM on 03/17/2011

Come to San Francisco and take the Cable Car to the Buena Vista Cafe. Can't be beat

[jsgaetano]

04:10 PM on 03/18/2011

Yeah, I need to check out San Fran sometime.
 
Thought I was going to go there for two weeks last year, but the plans didn't work out.

[hawkseye]

04:30 PM on 03/17/2011

Irish Coffee was invented in San Francisco at the Buena Vista Cafe.

[medicontheedge]

09:30 AM on 03/19/2011

NO, it was not.
It was invented by chef Joe Sheridan at the military airport in Shannon, Ireland in the 40's. The Buena Vista "perfected" the recipe in the 50's, and just brags on and on about it.
My own irish coffee is probably better than theirs.

[kinvore]

03:50 PM on 03/17/2011

Impossibru, there is nothing better than green beer.

[BlazeKING]

03:35 PM on 03/17/2011

Ah yes, national beer drinking day followed by weed smoking day on 4 20...sweet..st patrick who? no one cares.

[DoesNotComputer]

03:12 PM on 03/17/2011

It's my birthday.

Baileys and Guinness for me, son.

[cwilliamson32]

02:59 PM on 03/17/2011

Sticking to a tried and true, Jameson's 18 Year. And when I'm done dropping the vast majority of my coin, to the glasses of the glorious black stuff.

[AdamKidabra]

02:59 PM on 03/17/2011

Well, I guess this post is just too classy for Irish Car Bombs.

[luvthyneighbor]

03:39 PM on 03/17/2011

Irish Car Bombs will always be the best!

[fiddlechick]

02:40 PM on 03/17/2011

Use what you got, but since we're talking about a celebrating Catholic saint here, Jameson's is the standard "Catholic" whiskey. (Bushmill's is considered a "Protestant" whiskey...anything but Michael Collin's though - nice marketing but truly awful awful stuff!)

[eammon]

02:34 PM on 03/17/2011

Missed one of painfully obvious drinks for St. Patricks day. The Irish Car Bomb.
For those who dont know you take a shot of jameison, top the shot with a little baileys then drop the shot into about half a guinness and chug.

[Liquor.com]

03:09 PM on 03/17/2011

Good call. The Irish Car Bomb was one of our guilty pleasure cocktails from a couple weeks ago—we didn't want a repeat.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liquorcom/guilty-pleasure-cocktails_b_827353.html#s244938&title=Irish_Car_Bomb

[jamalc]

02:14 PM on 03/17/2011

I'm going to get smashed on good ol' guinness and bailey's tonight

[mujer-lg]

03:07 PM on 03/17/2011

Nice. I wish I could like Guiness but I'll go with Smithwick's

[DoesNotComputer]

03:12 PM on 03/17/2011

Word up!

[EndangeredJackalope]

02:13 PM on 03/17/2011

Your Bushmills Irish buck link is dead -- it leads to "/bushmills-irish-black," not "/bushmills-irish-buck" -- the latter actually works.

[Liquor.com]

02:37 PM on 03/17/2011

Sorry about that, and thanks for the heads-up. We've just fixed the link and it should be corrected on the here shortly.

[Costa Azzuro]

01:55 PM on 03/17/2011

I was married to an Irish Blond.