Looking to make some green cocktails for St. Patrick’s Day? Step away from the green food coloring! You can achieve fresh tasting and eye-pleasing green libations with herbs, vegetables, liqueurs—even matcha tea. Here are a few recipes to try.

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Basil Smash

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Ingredients

• 1 ¾ oz. London Dry gin
• Bunch of fresh basil
• ¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice
• 1/3 oz. Agave syrup
• Dash extra virgin olive oil
• Bunch of fresh basil

Instructions

• Place basil and lemon into a cocktail shaker.
• Gently muddle the lemon and. Add agave syrup, olive oil and gin and top up with ice.
• Shake vigorously.
• Fine strain into a rocks glass.
• Add ice and garnish with a sprig of basil.

Notes

The mixologists at Beefeater gin created this recipe.

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Wet Money

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Ingredients

• 1 oz. Blanco tequila (such as Espolon)
• 1 oz. White rum (such as Thrasher's)
• ¼ oz. Blue Curaçao
• ½ oz. Lemon juice
• 1 ½ oz. Passion fruit juice
• 2 droppers Salt water*

Instructions

• Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice.
• Shake and strain into a Tiki mug or a tall Collins glass with crushed ice.
• *A bit of salt can boost flavors in a cocktail.

Notes

Todd Thrasher, owner of Tiki TNT and Thrasher’s Rum in Washington, D.C., created this recipe

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110 Shades of Aspen

Course Drinks

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 oz. Martini Bianco
• 1 oz. Gin
• 1 oz. Fresh lime juice
• 1/3 oz. Demerara sugar syrup
• 1 handful Basil
• 1 Cucumber slice

Instructions

• Muddle the cucumber and basil in a shaker.
• Add remaining ingredients and dry shake.
• Add ice and shake again.
• Double strain into coupe glass.
• Garnish with a dried Aspen leaf (if available) or basil leaf.

Notes

Andrei Kabaila of Casa Tua Aspen in Basalt, CO, created this recipe.

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Tequila Salad

Course Drinks

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Reposado tequila (such as Lunazul)
• 1 ½ oz. Cucumber-apple purée
• 1 oz. Jalapeño simple syrup
• ½ oz. Lime juice

Instructions

• Combine ingredients and shake.
• Pour into glass with ice.
• Garnish with salt and pepper on top of a lime wheel.

Notes

The mixologists at Bistronomy in Charleston, SC, created this recipe.

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Hollywood Hills

Course Drinks

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Pisco
• ¾ oz. Lime juice
• ¾ oz. Matcha tea
• 1 Egg white
• Splash of bitters

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
• Shake well to mix.
• Pour mixture over ice into a highball glass.
• Garnish with a mint sprig.

Notes

The mixologists at the Loews Hollywood Hotel created this recipe.