Darkness falls across the landThe midnight hour is close at handCreatures crawl in search of bloodTo terrorize y’all’s neighborhoodAnd whosoever shall be foundWithout the soul for getting downMust stand and face the hounds of hellAnd rot inside a corpse’s shellThe foulest stench is in the airThe funk of forty thousand yearsAnd grizzly ghouls from every tombAre closing in to seal your doomAnd though you fight to stay aliveYour body starts to shiverFor no mere mortal can resistThe evil of the thriller!
Vincent Price aside, its time to make Halloween drinks and ghoulish cocktails. But I can’t help but be reminded of already existing terrifying drinks. Tonight we are gonna explore a notable few. Classic with a darker sense of humor and tone, but taste amazing never the less. Some you may be familiar with and others might be brand new. Let’s check them out.
Death in the Afternoon
5 oz. Sparkling Dry White wine
1 oz. Absinthe
Corpse Reviver No. 1
2 oz. Brandy
1 oz. Applejack
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
Death in the Gulf Stream
2 oz. Genever
3/4 oz. Lime Juice (approximately the juice of one lime)
1 tsp. Rich Simple Syrup (2:1)
4 Dashes Angostura
Corpse Reviver No. 2
3/4 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
3/4 oz. Dry Orange Curacao
3/4 oz. Cocchi Americano
1 Dash Absinthe
Blood and Sand
1 1/2 oz. Scotch
3/4 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
3/4 oz. Cherry Heering
Corpse Reviver No. 3
1 oz. Campari
1 oz. Dry Orange Curacao
1 oz. Brandy
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
Crux
3/4 oz. Brandy
3/4 oz. Dry Orange Curacao
3/4 oz. Dubbonet Rogue
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
Dark n’ Stormy
2 oz. Gosling’s Black Seal
5 oz. Ginger Beer
1/4 oz. Lime Juice
Last Word
3/4 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Luxardo Maraschino
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Green Chartreuse
Obituary Cocktail
2 oz. Gin
1/4 oz. Dry Vermouth
1/4 oz. Absinthe
Zombie
1 oz. Lemon Juice
1 oz. Lime Juice
1 oz. Pineapple
1 tsp. Demerara Syrup
1 oz. Passionfruit Syrup
1 oz. Gold Aged Rum
1 oz. White Rum
1 oz. Overproofed Demerara Rum
1 dash Bitters
Widow’s Kiss
2 oz. Calvados
1 oz. Benedictine
1 Dash Angostura
1 oz. Yellow Chartreuse