St Patrick’s day is one of the days of the year most renowned for drinking alcohol. What originated as a feast to mark the death of Irish patron saint Patrick, has become a day of parades, parties, shamrocks and booze. So what if you want to join in the fun but don’t want to drink copious amounts of alcohol?

Then we have you covered with some fun and festive alcohol-free St Patrick’s day drink recipes. We have St Patrick’s day cocktails and St Patrick’s day green drinks for you, so you can have a great day with no hangover, and no need for lots of alcohol.

1. Alcohol-Free Green Beer

Sure this drink might be ever so slightly gimmicky, but hey, it’s St Patrick’s day and the theme is green. This is the perfect way to make your standard alcohol-free beers fit the occasion and the method is simple, all you need is some green food colouring.

Simply add some green food colouring to your chosen alcohol-free beer and you have a green-coloured non-alcoholic beer to enjoy. And, what’s more, you can use this trick with any drink and any colour depending on the occasion. I will tell you this for free, drinking unusual coloured drinks does somehow trick your brain into thinking it's more exciting!

2. Black Velvet Cocktail

The Black Velvet alcohol-free cocktail is a classic celebration of Guinness, in the form of a cocktail. This can be made in two ways: the traditional Black Velvet cocktail, or the “poor man’s” Black Velvet cocktail, otherwise known as the snakebite.

Ingredients

• 0% Guinness

• Noughty’s alcohol-free sparkling Chardonnay

• Alcohol-free dry cider - we recommend Smashed 0%

Method

1. Half-fill a flute with 0% Guinness.

2. Slowly top this with half a glass of chilled Noughty or non-alcoholic cider, depending on which tickles your fancy more!

3. Guinness Irish Floats

What’s the best dessert/drink you can have on St Patrick’s day? Anything with Guinness in it basically! So here is the perfect, creamy, Guinness-filled dessert drink.

Ingredients (for one drink)

• 0% Guinness

• 2 scoops vanilla ice cream

• 1 shot of Feragaia

• A scoop of whipped cream

• Grated chocolate

Method

1. Fill a glass with 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream. If you are using a slightly bigger glass you can always add more scoops. 

2. Pour the 0% Guinness into the glass over the top of the ice cream. 

3. Add a shot of Feragaia to the whipping cream and whip to your preferred consistency.

4. Top with a spoon or more of whipped cream. 

5. Grate the chocolate or add chocolate shavings over the top. 

6. Dig into your decadent St Patrick’s day drink. You might need a spoon!

4. Green Bloody Mary

The Bloody Mary is a classic cocktail, and easy to turn into an alcohol-free cocktail. But, although it is named after a previous monarch of England and Ireland, it doesn’t feel very St Paddy’s appropriate. That is unless you make the green variant of a Blood Mary.

This recipe can be made with a range of ingredients, so you really can use what you have on hand.

Ingredients (for 2 drinks)

• 3 medium-sized green tomatoes

• 200 grams yellow cherry tomatoes

• 1/2 Jalapeno (more or less depending on personal preference

• 1/2 stalk of celery

• 1 clove garlic

• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

• 1 tbsp lime juice

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp horseradish

• 1 sprig parsley

• 1/2 tsp green hot sauce

• Plenty of salt and pepper to taste

• 4 shots of alcohol-free vodka - STRYKK

Method

1. Add all your ingredients except for the alcohol-free vodka to a blender. Blend until completely smooth.

2. Strain this mixture through a sieve or mesh and get rid of the solids (or use them in another recipe).

3. Put ice and two shots of alcohol-free vodka into a Highball or Collins glass.

4. Add your green tomato mixture into the glass and stir to mix. Season with any last-minute salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce or hot sauce and then garnish with a stick of celery.

5. Shamrock Sour

This puts an Irish twist on a classic Whiskey Sours cocktail, simply by using an alcohol-free Irish whiskey such as the Jameson 0, which was the world’s first alcohol-free Irish whiskey.

Ingredients

• 2 shots of alcohol-free Irish Whiskey - Crossip’s Dandy Smoke

• 2 tbsp lime juice

• 1 tbsp lemon juice

• 2 shots simple syrup (1:1 sugar and water)

• Optional green food colouring

Method

1. Add ice and the rest of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.

2. Shake well.

3. Pour the mixture into a glass with ice.

4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

6. Cucumber Basil Margarita

For a less heavy, Spring St Patrick’s drink, try this alcohol-free cucumber and basil margarita. With a green hue, this non-alcoholic cocktail still fits the St Patrick’s day theme!

Ingredients

• Juice of 1 lime

• 40g cucumber

• 1/2 shot of simple syrup

• 2 shots of alcohol-free tequila or agave drink - Fleure or Lyre’s Agave.

• 5-6 basil leaves

Method

1. Add the cucumber, lime juice and basil leaves to a blender and blend until smooth.

2. Strain the liquid and remove the solids.

3. Add the strained liquid to a shaker with the alcohol-free tequila/agave drink, simple syrup and ice and give it a good shake.

4. Pour this mixture into a glass filled with ice and garnish with a basil leaf.

7. Guinness 0%

Guinness has created an alcohol free drink that has everything except the alcohol. A beautifully smooth taste, perfectly balanced flavour and a unique dark colour.

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