Top 5 Simple Halloween Cocktails
It’s that time of the year again and still, you are not sure about your costume or especially which Halloween cocktails to prepare for your party.
Did you know that Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival Samhain (sow-in)? They lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the UK, and northern France. According to History, the Celts celebrated their new year on November 1., while the day before was reserved for their Samhain festival. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes.
In the 19th century, new immigrants in this case millions of Irish people helped with popularizing Halloween.
Without a doubt, in the text below you’ll find your simple and easy Halloween cocktails.
Halloween Tiki Cocktail
The fact is that blood is just a constantly circulating fluid providing the body with nutrition, oxygen, and waste removal. But some people will still overreact when seeing blood. That’s why we love this spooky and scary-looking masterpiece from Misel Posavac.
At the moment, he works as a Monin Beverage Innovation Manager. He has extensive experience from the best Italian school for bartenders, coupled with experience in molecular mixology. For him, this is just another day at the office.
Ingredients:
20 ml Monin Falernum syrup
25 ml dark rum
25 ml gold rum
10 ml overproof rum
50 ml pineapple juice
20 ml lime juice
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Dash of grenadine
Preparation:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker and shake well. Strain into a chilled glass.
For the cold foam, you have to put 30 ml of Monin Falernum syrup along with 120 ml of skimmed milk in a spindle mixer at low speed. At the end just add the mixture on top.
Serve in: Skull glass
Death in The Afternoon
Imagine sitting at the bar after an exhausting day at work. And suddenly you wish to order something quite strong but still classy. This one is truly classic, named after Hemingway’s book.
In the book, Hemingway says: “Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly.” So do it slowly, and you’ll feel reborn. Otherwise, you’ll end up sleeping at the bar.
Ingredients:
10 ml of Absinthe
12 ml of Champagne
Preparation:
Pour the Absinthe into the chilled glass, and top up with Champagne.
Optionally you can put a dash of sugar syrup.
Serve in: Crystal Coupe glass
Graveyard Shift
Oreo is 109 years old, would you believe? It’s true, and there are so many ways to enjoy one of the most popular cookie brands in the world. Not only for eating but also this time as an easy Halloween drink.
Regardless of the 40 billion oreo cookies produced per year, you’ll need only 2 oreo cookies for this cocktail.
The author of the “Graveyard Shift” cocktail is Katie Stryjewski (Instagram: @garnish_girl), a cocktail blogger from Boston.
Ingredients:
45 ml Oreo infused vodka
20 ml Coffee liqueur
Espresso
10 ml Vanilla simple syrup
Preparation:
Shake all ingredients and strain into a chilled glass. Top up with lightly sweetened vanilla whipped cream and crumbled Oreos.
Serve in: Vintage Coupe glass
What’s Your Poison?
Poison is in everything, and not one thing is without poison.
Ingredients:
30 ml Bulleit Rye Whiskey
30 ml Campari
15 ml Blood Orange
15 ml Lime
20 ml Luxardo Cherry Liqueur
Preparation:
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until well-chilled. After that, strain it into a glass filled with ice. Garnish your drink with cherry and dehydrated orange.
Margarita Del Diablo
Whether you are a teenager, or you are in your twenties, or mid-thirties you must admit that best memories are made after a few tequila shots.
This spirit is truly a treasure because it is possible to turn Tequila into artificial diamonds. Moreover, during the Spanish flu epidemic, patients were instructed to drink tequila with salt and lime to ease their symptoms.
The final Halloween cocktail recipe coming up again from Katie Stryjewski (Instagram: @garnish_girl), a cocktail blogger from Boston. For her, the float of Malbec on top makes even a frozen cocktail instantly fall-appropriate! And even a little spooky, just in time for Halloween.
Ingredients:
60 ml tequila blanco
30 ml lime juice
20 ml agave nectar
30 ml Casillero del Diablo Malbec (red wine)
Preparation:
Put all ingredients in a blender. Add ice and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and top up with the Malbec.
