St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail Recipes From Ketel One Vodka

Vodka for St. Patrick’s Day instead of green beer or Irish whiskey?

Might as wear red instead of green, right?

Well, not exactly. Some people prefer vodka over both and if you’re going to do it, you might as well drink quality vodka. Ketel One Vodka knows this and has provided PubClub.com with these St. Patrick’s Day cocktails featuring its product.

They are the the Stargazer and Ketel One’s Green Mary. Both cocktails provide strong vegetal aspects offering cucumber and citrus notes. The Stargazer provides more complexities from the bitters and green chile while the Green Mary is a take on the Bloody Mary, which actually might be better to come back to life on the day after St. Paddy’s Day.

The Stargazer

Ingredients

• 1 oz Ketel One Vodka
• 0.25 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
• 0.25 oz Midori
• 0.5 oz Suze
• 0.75 oz Lime Juice
• 0.75 oz Cucumber Syrup
• Top Seltzer
• Garnish: Cucumber Ribbon

The Process

1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake and strain into Collins Glass with ice.
3. Top with seltzer and garnish with a cucumber ribbon.

Tasting Notes: “You’re greeted right away with citrus and cucumber up front, but as you keep drinking it, the complexities from the gentian amaro and vegetal green chile start to reveal themselves.”

Origin: Jake Powell, Death & Co Denver

The Green Mary

Ingredients

• 1 oz Ketel One Vodka
• 3.5 oz freshly juiced equal parts of celery and cucumber
• .5 oz freshly squeezed lime
• 1 pinch of rock salt, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, and dried chili flakes
• Garnish: salted cucumber slice

The Process

1. Add all ingredients to the glass, stir well, add ice.
2. Garnish with a salted cucumber slice.