5 Green Juice Drinks with A Boozy Fix for a Cleansing Cocktail Hour

Sipping on gin and green juice, these drinks are exactly what the nutritionist ordered. We say why not add some green juice to your booze or vice versa? Get the recipes.

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Green juice drinks? Move over margaritas, there's a new kid in town, and she comes bearing booze and green juice. Credit: Unsplash+

Just when you thought you could separate your disciplined mid-week all-green-everything enthusiastic ways from your weekend dives into debauchery, the two worlds collide, enter green juice drinks. Thank the gods.

Cocktail bars around the country are jumping on the cold-pressed juice craze bandwagon and are now offering detox-savvy green juice cocktails to their menus, with an exaggerated nod to token green leaf cleansing superstars, such as kale, wheatgrass, and spinach.

But you don’t have to take a bus into the city to enjoy a (likely overpriced) concept that you can recreate in the comfort of your own kitchen. Bonus, if you’re feeling festive, you could add these to your St. Patty’s Day recipe repertoire and serve any or all of these alongside, say, a vegetarian reuben sandwich.

The following 4 green juice recipes are indeed cocktails you can kick back with. They’re simple-syrup free and each feature green leaf juice or puree that offers incredible health benefits, even while you’re boozing. Enjoy!

Here Are 4 Green Juice Drinks to Punch Up Your Happy Hour

1. Pineapple-Basil-Kale Smash

Serves 1

Ingredients

Directions

Muddle the pineapple and basil leaves in a cocktail shaker until it is well mashed and resembles a puree. Fill the shaker with ice. Add the rye and kale juice. Shake for about 30 seconds.

Fill a cocktail glass with a few leaves of basil. Strain in the cocktail mixture and top with a pineapple slice.

2. Spinach Margarita

Serves 3

Ingredients

Directions

Add all the ingredients to a high-speed blender and blend until smooth and slushy in appearance. Serve in salt-rimmed glasses.

Image of a green juice drink in a coupe glass garnished with a single spinach leaf.

3. Gin and (Green) Juice

Image of a green juice and gin recipe in a highball glass.

Serves 1

Directions

Shake all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker.

Serve in a glass and garnish with a slice of lime and a sprig of fresh mint.

4. Cucumber Kale Mule

Serves 1

Ingredients

Directions

Add ice to a cocktail shaker. Pour in the vodka and lime juice. Shake well. Strain the mixture into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with sliced cucumber and fill the remainder of the glass with ginger beer.

Image of a green juice drink garnished with a ribboned cucumber and lime.

*To make the cucumber/kale juice, put a few stalks of kale through the juicer, followed by 1 cucumber. Strain the mixture and then use 1 ½ ounces of it for this recipe.

5. The Jolly Green Machine

Image of a green cocktail in a coupe glass with garnish and a cut kiwi fruit on a cutting board.

Serves 1 (multiply as needed)

To make this green juice cocktail, add all the above ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake well.

Strain the mixture into a martini glass and garnish with a cucumber or lemon slice.

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