More Green Vodka Cocktails for Your St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

Avoid that green beer this holiday season, and instead, drink something that actually tastes good.

All recipes for Tara Shin, director of mixology for Clique vodka.

Lucky Gimlet

• 2 ½ oz Clique Vodka
• ¼ oz Lime juice*
• ¼ oz simple syrup

Directions:
First shake 1 oz of sugar with 4-5 drops of green food coloring in a cocktail tin without ice to color. Empty onto a plate or saucer, and rub a lemon wedge around the rim of a cocktail glass, then dip in green sugar to coat. Rinse cocktail tin, and shake Clique Vodka, lime and simple with
ice to chill, then strain into your rimmed glass. *If you don’t have fresh lime juice and simple syrup substitute sours mix.

Minty Kiss

• ½ oz Clique Vodka
• ¼ oz crème de menthe
• Splash lemon lime soda

Directions:
Chill the Clique Vodka and crème de menthe over ice and strain into shooter glass. Top with a splash of lemon lime soda.

Paddy Wagon (for a crowd)

• 8 Packets of green Kool Aid
• 2 Cups of sugar
• 2 Cups of water
• 1 bottle Clique Vodka
• 2 liters of lemon lime soda

Directions:
Bring the water to a slight simmer, cut the heat and stir in the sugar and Kool Aid packets until dissolved. Let cool, then add to a punchbowl or large serving thermos with a spigot with the rest of the ingredients. Stir well and pour over ice to serve.

Quite the Pickle

• 1 oz Clique Vodka
• 1 oz chilled pickle brine

Directions:
Shake Clique Vodka over ice to chill and strain into a shooter glass. Pour pickle brine into a separate shot glass. To drink, shoot the Clique and chase it with the pickle brine.

Shamrock Shake-Tini

• 1 oz Clique Vodka
• 1 oz green crème de menthe
• 1 oz clear crème de cacao
• ¼ oz cream

Directions:
Shake all ingredients vigorously until frothy. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Taste the Rainbow

• ¼ oz pomegranate liqueur
• ¼ oz grenadine
• 1 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz Clique Vodka
• ½ oz blue curacao
• 1 oz lemon lime soda

Directions:
Add pomegranate and grenadine to an empty cocktail tin, then fill with ice. Add a splash of lemon lime soda, and slowly add pineapple juice. Add another splash of soda, then slowly pour in the Clique Vodka. Another splash of soda, then put a strainer on top of the tin (Do NOT shake
or stir) Using the strainer to slow down the curacao, slowly pour it in, then immediately pour into 6 shot glasses, one at a time.

If you get the timing down right, you will have 6 different color shots.