Bartender’s recipes for fun night; Halloween edition
October 24, 2014
Bloody Mary
Note: This is a classic cocktail. The spice is what makes the drink. The best part is that it is a brunch standard, so you can start your Halloween party off as early as you like.
Ingredients:
2 ounces. Vodka
3ounces. Tomato Juice
1⁄2 teaspoon. Worcestershire Sauce
2 Dashes of Tabasco Sauce
1 Dash of Pepper
1 Dash of Celery Salt or Old Bay Seasoning
1⁄2 teaspoon. of Horseradish
Directions:
Mix ingredients and shake over ice, strain into a Collins glass and serve with a celery stalk.
Zombie
Note: This is an old favorite, but be warned that it will turn you into a stumbling, mindless, living corpse.
Ingredients:
1 ounce White Rum
2 ounces Dark Rum
1 ounce Bacardi 151 Rum
1 ounce Pineapple Juice
1 ounce Lemon Juice
1 ounce Lime Juice
1 ounce Passion Fruit Syrup
1-2 Dash(es) Bitters
1 teaspoon Brown Sugar
Directions:
Dissolve the brown sugar in the fruit juices, then mix all ingredients together, shake over ice, pour into a Collins glass and garnish with a sprig of mint.
Caramel Apple Martini
Notes: This is a festive way to celebrate Halloween if you are looking to impress your friends.
Ingredients:
1 ounce Vodka
2 ounces Apple Pucker
1 ounce of Tuaca
1 Pinch of Cinnamon
Directions:
Combine ingredients, shake and pour over ice. Pour into a chilled martini glass decorated with caramel syrup and garnish with an apple slice.
The Wicked Witch
Note: This is one of my originals featuring the Italian liqueur, Strega, which is Italian for Witch.
Ingredients:
2 ounces Strega
1 and 1⁄2 ounce White Tequila
1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
Fresh Mint
1 Sugar Cube
Directions:
Muddle fresh mint with the sugar cube in a rocks glass, add ice, pour in the rest of the ingredients and stir.
The Dullahan
Note: The Dullahan has a traditional mythical Irish character that drives the coach of death pulled by black horses using a human spine as a whip. Did I forget to mention he carries around his own severed head? This may be my most frightening Halloween cocktail from the land where Halloween began.
Ingredients:
1 ounce of Absinthe
1 ounce of Jameson’s Irish Whiskey
1 Sugar Cube
3 ounces of Pure Chilled Water
Directions:
Pour 1 oz. of absinthe into a glass (preferably one made for absinthe), place a slotted spoon over the glass with the sugar cube placed over the center, slowly pour the cold water over the sugar cup until it melts, add the Jameson’s and stir.
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