St. Patrick’s Day is perhaps the only legit national holiday that practically requires you to have a drink or three in order to properly celebrate it.
But if you don’t feel like braving crowds at a packed Irish bar to enjoy your favorite stout or whiskey on March 17, our booze-loving buds at Drizly have come up with four cocktails that are easy as hell to mix up at home.
They range from the incredibly basic (the unfortunately-named “Irish Car Bomb”) to the downright diabolical (a freaking Shamrock Shake and Jameson).
Here, four cocktails that are practically begging to be whipped up at a St. Patty’s Day party:
1. The New Irish Breakfast
Jameson’s and OJ is the perfect eye-opener.
Ingredients
• 2 oz Jameson Irish Whiskey
• 1- 2 oz fresh squeezed orange juice
Tools:
• Old fashioned glass
• Shaker
• Jigger
In a shaker, combine Jameson’ and orange juice, and shake until cold. Pour into an old-fashioned glass over a large ice cube. Down it just like that, or garnish with a pinch of black sugar sprinkles if you happen to have some lying around.
2. Irish Pickleback
Because Irish whiskey and pickle juice are meant to be together.
Ingredients
• 1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
• 1 1/2 oz Pickle brine juice
Tools
• Shot glass
Pour a shot of whiskey, and a chilled shot of pickle juice (the original is made with McClure’s spicy pickle brine). Take the whiskey shot and chase with pickle brine.
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3. Shamrock Shake Smash
This is what happens when Ireland’s greatest stout meets a certain limited-edition green milkshake.
Ingredients
• 1 Bottle or Can of Guinness Beer
• 2-3 Scoops of McDonald’s Shamrock Shake Frozen
Tools• Bar Spoon
• Pint glass
Place your shake in the freezer to harden for about 30 minutes.
In a pint glass, pour a fresh Guinness 3/4 of the way to the lip.
Take your shake out of the freezer and add two ice cream scoops into your beer.
(Optional: Make your own homemade shake. You’ll need 2-3 cups vanilla ice cream, 1 cup skim milk, ¼ teaspoon mint extract, and 4-6 drops green food coloring. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.)
4. Irish Car Bomb
Don’t even think of ordering this in Ireland, but the combo does go down pretty smooth.
Ingredients
• 1/2 oz Kerrygold Irish Cream Liqueur
• 1/2 Jameson Irish Whiskey
• 1 Guinness Beer
Tools
• Shot glass
• Pint glass
Pour Irish Cream Liqueur and Jameson into a shot glass, layering Irish Cream on the bottom. Pour Guinness into the pint glass 3/4 of the way and let it settle. Drop shot glass into Guinness and drink quickly.