St. Patrick’s Day is here! As I say every year, on St. Patrick’s Day almost everyone wishes they were Irish. In honor of the day, below you will find a recipe from Round Barn Distillery, for a St. Patrick’s Day cocktail as well as facts related to St. Patrick’s Day.
Shimmering Shamrock Cocktail
Product Feature: Round Barn Distillery’s Red Sky Rum
Ingredients
1 ½ oz Red Sky Rum (or a white rum)
1 ½ oz Green Shimmering Simple
1 oz Cantaloupe Juice
½ oz Lime Juice
Directions
Combine all ingredients in pint glass over ice. Shake & strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a rainbow candy.
As you enjoy the Shimmering Shamrock Cocktail, find out if you know the these St. Patrick’s Day facts?
- St. Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland.
- We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 because it is believed that St. Patrick died on March 17 in the 5th century – perhaps 461 A.D.
- St. Patrick was baptized with the name Maewyn Succat .
- As a teenager St. Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates and taken to Northern Ireland. Several years later he escaped and was able to return to Britain where he was born
- St. Patrick most likely did not drive the snakes out of Ireland. It is believed that no snakes were in Ireland at that time.
- St. Patrick decided to return to Ireland to evangelize the people. He spent about 40 years in Ireland.
- It is believed that St. Patrick used the 3- leaf clover to explain the Holy Trinity. However, no written evidence of this existed until the early 1700s. Over the many years, did the 3-leaf clover legend pass down verbally?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Kathy
