It's St. Patrick's day and I'm Irish, and even though a true Irishman would never do this, I'm having green drinks anyway (Part 1). I've opened every green bottle in the house (Part 2), and found the only Irish drink was the wrong color. So it's time to shake things up -- literally, with cocktails!
Greenhouse Gas
The party Paddy's drink, mixing vodka and melon in big batches, then topping each glass with Red Bull. I'm not a huge fan of energy drinks myself -- on the grounds that only superheroes should be exposed to that much concentrated toxin -- but this one seems to work. A mass-produced combination of alcohol and energy drink: what could possibly go right? And who cares, because it'll be enormous fun!
As Irish As: A drunken bad idea, so quite Irish.
Evergreen
A serious drinker's drink, this one mixes gin and vermouth with melon and curacao in a blend of seriousness and bright colors. The ratios are really important, as too much vermouth is what professional mixologists call "crappy tasting."
As Irish As: Buckingham Palace. It's polished, it's fussy, and it needs gin and vermouth for God's sake. It could only be more British if it was Earl Grey.
Pearl Harbor
I swear I'm getting further away from Ireland with every cocktail -- this one involves melons, pineapples, and a major Hawaiian naval base. It's a lot truer to its own location. This tropical taste puts a creamy head on top of a decent liquor weight. It's a great way to slosh through any sub-standard vodka you've got lying around, as acid couldn't eat through the sunny fruit feeling of the rest of the drink.
As Irish As: someone with an Irish passport. It's not necessarily local, but it's cheap, fun, and alcoholic, so I've made it an honorary citizen.
Having tried all the green booze I had at home, I pressed onwards, to the green horrors of the outside world!
Please continue to Part 4: The Green Gets Worse!
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