We love Halloween so much around here. Thanks to Wilbur's Total Beverage we were able to experiment with some fun spook-tacular cocktails with locally distilled spirits (the non-scary kind).
The Black Cauldron
Ingredients
1.5 oz Annie Up Tequila
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
.25 oz sage simple syrup*
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 capsule activated charcoal
Instructions:
Fill cup of your choice with ice, pour ingredients one by one and stir.
Death WIsh
Ingredients
1.5 oz Fireside Whiskey
.5 oz Benedictine
.75 oz cold brew coffee
1 tbl spoon creamer of choice (we used non-dairy vanilla)
Instructions
Shake vigorously with ice, strain into a large coupe. Garnish with grated cinnamon.
Vampires Kiss:
Ingredients
1 ½ ounces Vicieux vodka
1 ounce* Chambord
½ ounce 100% unsweetened cranberry juice (not sweetened or cranberry juice cocktail)
½ ounce fresh lemon juice
½ ounce grenadine
1 small dry ice cube, optional
Instructions:
Make the drink: Add the vodka, Chambord, unsweetened cranberry juice, lemon juice, and grenadine to a cocktail shaker. Add 2 handfuls regular ice cubes and shake until cold. Strain the drink into the prepared glass.
Break the dry ice into 1-inch chunks (if using): Do this as close to the time you’ll be serving the drinks as possible, though you can buy the dry ice a few hours in advance. Start by dropping the plastic bag with the dry ice on the ground several times to allow it break into large chunks. Remember never to touch the dry ice with your bare hands! Put on goggles and gloves. Use a chisel to break the dry ice into smaller pieces using a screwdriver or ice pick. The ideal size is 1/2-inch to 1-inch chunks that are large enough to sink to the bottom of the drink, but small enough to disappear in a few minutes. Wrap the small chunks in a towel and place them in a cooler with the top off until you’re ready to serve the drinks. Do not place the dry ice in the freezer.
Add the dry ice: Using tongs (do not touch the dry ice!), add a 1/2-inch to 1-inch chunk of dry ice to the glass, which will sink to the bottom and immediately make a smoking effect. The ice cube will disappear in about 5 minutes. Do not drink the dry ice! Wait until the cube disappears before enjoying your drink
Witches Brew
Ingredients
½ cup Vicieux vodka
⅓ cup lime juice and slice for rim
¼ cup raspberry liqueur
Granulated sugar and additional grenadine, for the sugar rim ( we used little ghost shaped sprinkles!)Instructions
Prepare the rim: Place granulated sugar in a single layer on one plate. On another plate, add some grenadine. Spin the rim of the glass in the grenadine until it coats the entire rim. Then dip the glass rim into the plate with the sugar to coat it.
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add the ice.
Shake well.
Strain into the prepared glass.
The Haunted Hemmingway
Ingredients
2 ounces Montoya rum
1/2 ounce grenadine
3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
1/2 ounce blue curaçao
Cotton candy garnish
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add the ice.