By Marcia Simmons
This article originally appeared at Drink of the Week
This St. Patrick’s Day we thought it was time for a green cocktail that’s a little different.
The little bit of celery juice and mint add a fresh spring flavor and scent. Use your best gin in this one, as the flavor really comes through and the other ingredients are a good complement to that spirit.
We concocted this with our friend Savvy Housekeeping, inspired by a drink we had at The Alembic in San Francisco.
One of the most difficult parts about creating these new drinks is naming them. We had a good laugh with this one before coming up with Irish Spring. Here are a few of our outtakes:
Patty McCelery
The Celery VirGIN
Cell Block
Luck O’ The Celery
Celery McGinington
Slainte!
Irish Spring Cocktail
1 oz celery juice from 1-2 ribs of celery
1 1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
5-6 mint leaves
Grate the celery ribs into a bowl. Then put the celery in a sieve over the bowl and mash until you get all the juice out of the celery. Juice 2-3 limes for fresh lime juice. Muddle the mint, simple syrup, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add in the celery juice, gin, and ice. Shake thoroughly for about a minute. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with mint.
Click for more St. Patrick's Day cocktails from Drink of the Week
Comments
Great way to celebrate the day!
Mar 17, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Much easier if you have a juicer to just juice the celery. It comes out a beautiful green and is a much more concentrated flavor. I actually bought a juicer just to make this cocktail.
It's tough to beat the original Southern Exposure they make at the Alembic but you guys have all the pieces. They use Junipero Gin, I like it with Hendricks. I may also suggest a pinch of salt.
Enjoy!
Mar 17, 2011 at 10:45 PM
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