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Spooky Halloween Cocktails

Spooky Halloween Cocktails

Ghosts, goblins and vampires…oh my! Kick-off your Halloween celebration with a signature spooky cocktail. it’s Halloween weekend so get out there and celebrate (responsibly of course!) Pour out one or two of these at your Halloween bash. The kids can keep the candy—treat the grown-ups to one of these fiendishly good holiday drinks.

Basil Hayden’s® Spellbound Smash

Recipe by Stephen Cole (Chicago, IL)
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INGREDIENTS:
2 parts Basil Hayden’s® Bourbon
¾ part Demerara Syrup*
2 dashes Angostura® Bitters
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Half of a Lemon
5 Fresh Blackberries
3 Sage Leaves (2 for garnish)
1 sprig of Thyme (for garnish)

METHOD:
1. Place half of a lemon and the blackberries into a cocktail shaker and lightly press with the back of a bar spoon.
2. Add remaining ingredients, including one sage leaf, to cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over ice.
4. Garnish with remaining two sage leaves and a sprig of thyme.

*Demerara Syrup can be purchased, or homemade by combining a 1:1 ratio of Demerara sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves.

Baker’s® Autumn Seelbach

Recipe by Dominic Venegas (NYC)
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INGREDIENTS:
1 part Baker’s® Bourbon
1/2 part JDK & Sons™ O3
1/2 part Fresh Pressed Apple Cider
5 dashes Baked Apple Bitters
5 dashes Tiki Bitters
Hard Cider

METHOD:
1. Combine Baker’s® Bourbon, JDK & Sons™ O3, fresh pressed apple cider, and bitters in a mixing glass over ice and stir.
2. Strain into a coupe glass and top with hard cider.
3. Garnish with a long apple twist.

Knob Creek® Rye & Orange Tumbler

Recipe by Chef Michael Symon
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INGREDIENTS:
1½ parts Knob Creek® Rye
1 part Club Soda
½ part Sugar
½ Orange
½ Rosemary Sprig

METHOD:
1. Muddle the orange, rosemary and sugar thoroughly in the bottom of a shaker.
2. Combine with Knob Creek® Rye, add ice and shake vigorously.
3. Strain over ice and float with club soda.

Cruzan® Dark as Night
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INGREDIENTS:
1 part Cruzan® Black Strap Rum
1/4 part Falernum Syrup
1/2 part Fresh Lime Juice
6 parts Cider

METHOD:
1. Combine Black Strap, falernum syrup and fresh lime juice in a mixing glass.
2. Pour cider into a rocks glass and slowly float mixture over top of the cider.
3. Finish with fresh grated nutmeg and a lime or orange peel.

 

 

These next round of cocktail recipes are from Borracha and The Still.  They are bound to make your Halloween party a spooky hit!

One Eyed Willie

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Ingredients:

2 oz. Botran Reserva Rum
1 oz. Cruzan Aged 151 Rum
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 oz. Funkin’ Passion Fruit Puree
¾ oz. Monin Hibiscus Syrup
½ oz. Giffard Orgeat Liqueur (Almond)

Build: Add all ingredients into mixing tin. Add ice and shake vigorously. Now strain into skull over crushed ice.Ice: Crushed
Glass: Skull
Garnish: Pineapple Top, Hollowed Half Lime with 151 Rum on Fire

Heat of the Moment

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Ingredients:
2 Slices Fresno Chile
2 oz. Espolon Reposado Tequila
1 oz. Funkin’ Passion Fruit Puree
½ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
½ oz. Agave Syrup

Build: Add all ingredients into mixing tin. Add ice and shake vigorously.
Now strain over fresh ice, into a big martini glass.
Glass: Big Martini
Garnish: Half Cinnamon Sugar Rim, Fresno Chili Horns, Lime Spiral

Green Goblin

 

Green Goblin

Ingredients:
2.75 oz Absolut Elyx
.5 oz Fresh lime juice
.75 oz Simple syrup
2 Slices of jalapeno
4 Basil leaves
Glass: Martini
Ice: No
Garnish:
Jalapeno slice

Method:
Add jalapenos and basil leaves into the mixing glass. Muddle. Add vodka, lime juice, simple syrup, shake & DOUBLE strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a jalapeno slice.

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Sherrie Wilkolaski

Sherrie Wilkolaski is the Editor-in-Chief of Luxe Beat Magazine and CEO of Luxe Beat Media. She's a luxury lifestyle journalist, bestselling author, speaker, radio talk show host, content strategist and Publishing Architect™. France is her favorite country to visit, her most memorable travel experience was walking the Great Wall of China and she is looking forward to making her inaugural visit to Ireland soon! Her column Cookies & Cocktails is Luxe Beat's most popular. She’s a former International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association board member and treasurer. Her most recent book, Publishing Architect’s Blueprint: Self-Publishing Fundamentals is a 2017 Indie Book Awards Finalist. She's currently studying for her first Sommelier exam. She is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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