A Grinch Cocktail, the Mean and Green

Mean and green. Grumpy and greedy. Sour as a pickle. He’s a mean one, that Mr. Grinch. So mean, that he very memorably stole Christmas back in 1966. He’s also painfully relatable for those of us who have a grumpy person we’re trying to lure into the spirit of the season.

Our Mean and Green cocktail is here to help. Brighten a grumpy someone’s day with this unexpected, delightfully delicious Grinch cocktail inspired by the classic film.

What Makes this Grinch Cocktail Green?

Very little sweetness here, just pickle brine, lemon juice, and honey to get that Grinchiest green. Unless we’re quite mistaken, we saw Cindy Lou Who (by now pushing sixty) propped up at a local bar, sipping nostalgically on a green drink, muttering about the one who got away. Was her bright green beverage a Mean and Green? She looked a bit pickled, so we’re pretty sure it was.

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A green cocktail in a clear textured glass with dill "whisker "garnish to represent the Grinches hair, sitting on a pile of snow with a green shiny Christmas bulb and pine trees in the background, appropriately titled Mean and Green.

Mean and Green


  • Author: Anna Franklin

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1.5 ounces whiskey
  • 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
  • 1 ounce pickle brine
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • Chopped dill for garnish

Instructions

  1. Rub the rim of a rocks glass with lemon juice and dip into chopped dill.
  2. Fill glass with ice.
  3. Add all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. 
  4. Strain over fresh ice and serve

Because we all need a movie snack to with our Grinch cocktail, try these Fennel and Coriander Cashews.

Recipe and Styling by Anna Franklin / Photography by Laura Petrilla

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