The countdown to Lepre-con is on. 2 DAYS!!
I gave you some fun hors d’oeuvres via pinterest recently, and I thought it perfect timing to enlighten you with a few green girly drinks to get you ready for the festivities this weekend. Hopefully a few of these will put you in a great mood for Saturday, rain or shine!
GREEN-TINI
Ingredients
- 2 oz Tequila
- ½ oz Rose’s lime juice
- Ginger ale
- 1 lemon wedge
Instructions
Pour Tequila and lime juice into a mixing glass half filled with ice. Stir well and strain into a chilled martini glass. Top with ginger ale and garnish with a lemon wedge. Get yo’ drink on.
SHAMROCKER
Ingredients
- 1 part silver tequila
- 1 part melon liqueur
- 1/2 part triple sec or other orange liqueur
- Splash of orange juice
- Ice
Instructions
Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with an orange slice.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz of Charbay Green Tea vodka
- 1 oz of simple syrup
- sprite
- 3 lemon wedges
- 8 mint leaves
Instructions
Muddle 3 lemon wedges with mint leaves. Pour green tea vodka, simple syrup and shake. Strain into highball glass over ice. Top with sprite. Garnish with mint leaves.
Courtesy of Cocktail Times
- 1 quart lime sherbet, softened
- 1/2 cup thawed limeade concentrate
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 cans (12 ounces each) lemon-lime soda, chilled
- 1 to 2 cups crushed iced
- Lemon slices and lime spirals, optional
- 1 cup vodka
Instructions
In a large bowl, beat the sherbet, limeade and sugar until blended. Stir in vodka, soda, and ice. Pour into chilled glasses. Garnish with lemon slices and lime spirals if desired. Yield: 7 cups.
GREEN FLASH COCKTAIL
- 1 oz vodka
- 1/2 oz Peach Schnapps
- 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
- 3 oz orange juice
- 3 0z sprite
- ice
Instructions
Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into glasses. Garnish with an orange slice and cherry.
That being said…however you choose to celebrate, please drink with caution/in moderation. For a more step by step guide, take theboken.com’s Drunken Polar Bear’s advice: 10 Step Guide to Hoboken Lepre-con 2012.
But most of all…HAVE FUN!
