Up Your St Paddy’s Day Cocktail Game

With St Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I am often asked what are my St Paddy’s Day plans. And to be totally honest, I think I have grown too old for packed bars, drunken revelery and green beer. Well…too old for green beer at least. So this year, I went on the hunt for some great St Paddy’s Day cocktails.

Jameson Whiskey Sour

Few drinks in the cocktail canon are as quick to satisfy and endlessly mutable as the Whiskey Sour. Make it with some classic Jameson Black Barrel Whiskey and you’ve got yourself a St Paddy’s Cocktail.

Ingredients:

• 50ml of Jameson Black Barrel
• 25ml of freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• 15ml of sugar syrup
• 15ml of egg white
• 3 dashs of sloe berry bitters
• Cherry or lemon twist for garnish

Directions:

1. Fill a shaker with ice
2. Add 50ml of Jameson Black Barrel
3. Add 25ml of freshly-squeezed lemon juice
4. Add 15ml of sugar syrup
5. Add 15ml of egg white
6. Add 3 dashes of sloe berry bitters
7. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
8. Garnish with a lemon twist

Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

If you have never bothered to make a classic Old Fashioned at home, here is your chance. It’s much easier than you think. And your guests will be impressed. Follow these easy steps I found via Jameson.

• 2 parts Jameson Black Barrel
• 0.75 Benedictine liqueur
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
• 2 dashes Orange Bitters
• Orange slice for garnish

Directions:

1. Fill a glass or jug with ice
2. Add 2 parts Jameson Black Barrel
3. Add 0.75 Benedictine liqueur
4. Add 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
5. Add 2 dashes Orange Bitters
6. Stir until ice cold
7. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass
8. Garnish with an orange slice