Special Cocktails for St. Patrick’s Day

March 16, 2015 – Robert Newhouse of Fat’s Asia Bistro in Folsom, California, is our go-to guy when we want something different and special.  The popular watering hole is “our own Cheers” as one local told me, and plenty of tourists stop by on their way to Lake Tahoe.

Robert is sharing three of his St. Patrick’s Day recipes.  He always finishes and serves his drinks with the care of a Michelin-starred chef.  His little details, like the drizzle of honey on the martini glass for the Dublin Mimosa is just one of the ways his drinks are mixologist art.

Dublin Mimosa

1-1/4 oz Jameson Irish whiskey

1/2 orange squeezed

1/2 oz Grand Marnier

Drizzle honey on rim of a martini glass.

Combine ingredients and shake with ice.  Strain into a martini glass.  Garnish with a thin half slice of orange.

St.Patty’s Alarm

 1/2 oz vodka

1/2 oz rum

1/2 oz gin

1/2 oz Midori (melon liqueur)

1/2 oz sweet and sour

Fill a tall glass with ice.  Pour all the ingredients over the ice and muddle.  Top with Red Bull.

Leprechaun Martini

1-1/4 oz vodka

1/4 oz triple sec

1/4 oz sweet and sour

1/4 oz lime juice

1/4 oz Midori (melon liqueur)

Shake all the ingredients with ice.  Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a twist of lemon or lime rind.