Raise Your Spirits: Halloween Edition – A Toast to Hauntingly Good Cocktails

Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with some spine-chilling cocktails? Here are some fantastic recommendations that are sure to add a touch of magic to your festivities. Cheers!

Jack The Ripper

1 oz vodka

.5 oz raw carrot juice

.5 oz Bauchant orange liqueur

Lemon twist

Mix all ingredients and pour into a shot glass. Garnish with a twist.

Candy Corn Cocktail

0.5 oz Sorel

2 oz Skrewball Whiskey

1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

0.75 oz Simple Syrup

1 Egg White

Combine whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker. Shake until combined and foamy, about 10 seconds. Add ice and shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass and top with a liqueur.

Talum Devil

1 oz Cenote Reposado

.5 oz creme de violette

.5 oz lime juice

2 oz ginger beer

Pour all ingredients into one glass and stir over ice, strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lime wedge or fresh blackberry.

Palominado

1.5 oz Smokehead Tequila Cask Terminado

1 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice

1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice

1/2 oz Agave Syrup

Top with Grapefruit Soda

Crushed ice 

 Add Smokehead Terminado, fresh grapefruit and lime juice and agave syrup to the shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a Highball glass filled with ice. Top with grapefruit soda.

The Smoked Old Fashioned

1.5 oz of Devil’s Gate bourbon 

0.5 oz of Grand Marnier 

3 dashes of aromatic bitters

Orange peel 

Add ingredients to mixing glass and stir. Smoke it with a chimney and add orange peel. 

Chocolate Whiskey Mousse

2 c. heavy whipping cream

2 c. dark chocolate chips

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3 tbsp. Ballotin Chocolate Whiskey

Pour the heavy whipping cream into a bowl and beat for a few minutes with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Melt chocolate chips over low heat on the stove, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat before the chips melt. Stir chocolate chips until smooth, add whiskey and vanilla. Fold chocolate sauce into whipping cream and chill, then pop in the refrigerator until you’re ready to serve — marked with a spooky tombstone and a few crumbled cookies.

Pumpkin Daiquiri

1.5 oz Bayou White Rum

1 oz Pumpkin puree

1 oz Orange juice

Fresh lime

Add all ingredients to a shaker. Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled coup. Garnish with orange slice and sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg, & whole cloves.

Smoked Skull Sour

2 oz Smokehead Original Scotch Whisky

3⁄4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

3 dashes Vegan Egg White

1⁄2 oz Demerara Syrup

Ruby Port Float

Shake and double strain into a chilled rocks glass. Float Ruby port on top with a bar spoon.

 

Happy Halloween!

Please drink responsibly.

 

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