Green Drinks for St. Patrick's Day
By FBWorld Team

GreenBrideGuide is ready to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and is offering ideas for five delicious "green green" drink recipes, as in the literal color and the environmental sense! While only 36.9 million people in the U.S. claim Irish ancestry, 46% of all adults plan to celebrate St. Patty's Day this year. All the organic and local ingredients you need are fresh, ripe and ready for spring. Toast to a green life on St. Patty's day and every day!

*The Fearless King:*

Ingredients:
Muddled Basil (Or Cilantro)
Vodka or Lion's Pride Organic Whiskey for an Irish twist
Fresh Grapefruit Juice

Procedure:
Serve on the rocks!.

*Death In The Afternoon:*

Ingredients:
Green Ribbon Organic Absinthe
Champagne

Procedures:
1. Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass.

2. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness.

*Emerald Isle:*

Ingredients:
1 oz. Juniper Green Organic Gin
1 tspn. Green Crème de Menthe
2 daxhes Bitters

Procedures:
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker, shake, then serve straight up in a cocktail glass.

*Illusion:*

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Midori
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1/2 oz. Green Ribbon Organic Vodka
2/3 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 1/2 oz. Pineapple Juice

Procedures:
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker shake, then serve straight up in a cocktail glass.

*Leprechaun:*

Ingredients:
2 oz. Lion's Pride Organic Whiskey
Q Tonic Water

Procedures:
1. Pour the whiskey into a highball glass filled with ice.

2. Top with tonic water.

3. Garnish with a lemon twist.