Today, lesbians and gentlemen, we shall be exploring the world of Hallowe’en cocktails and mocktails. We start with the mocktails, and below are the cocktails.

Mocktails

Icey Creamy Gore

Actually, this is a recipe called The Berry Patch, but that isn’t very Hallowe’eny. This is an absolutely delicious blended mocktail that uses fresh blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.

Ingredients

* 2 oz fresh blueberries
* 2 oz fresh raspberries
* 2 oz fresh strawberries
* 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
* 1/2 cup milk

Preparation

1. In a blender combine the ice cream, berries and milk.
2. Blend until smooth.
3. Pour into a chilled collins glass.
4. Garnish with fresh berries on top.

Bleeding Heart

Again, this is actually called Berry Sweetheart, according to the internets, but that’s just lame.

Ingredients

* 3 oz red cranberry juice
* 3 oz apple juice
* 1 oz honey
* Maraschino cherry for garnish

Preparation

1. Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
2. Add the juices and honey to a mixing glass.
3. Stir the ingredients with a barspoon.
4. Pour the contents of the mixing glass into the highball glass.
5. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Carrie Fizz

Yes, okay, this is apparently called Cherry Fizz, but honestly, some people have no imagination..

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup frozen cherry juice concentrate, thawed
* 1/2 cup ginger ale

Directions

1. Place cherry concentrate in a glass. Slowly stir in ginger ale.

Zombie Mocktail

This unusual drink isn’t just for Halloween. Allegedly. Drink up whenever you’re in the mood for pineapple, lime, and passion fruit (with a hit of vanilla). Allegedly.

Ingredients

* 2 Tablespoons passion fruit drink syrup
* 1/2 cup pineapple juice
* Splash of lime juice
* Splash of vanilla drink syrup
* Ice

Recipe

Scoop ice into cocktail shaker. Add all other ingredients. Shake until well mixed. Strain into glass.

Garnish

Place lime wedge on rim of glass.

Cocktails

To start: aperitifs

Kir Fatale

Shut up. The Kir Royale is the Kir Fatale for Hallowe’en, and that’s that.

Ingredients

* 9cl (9 parts) champagne
* 1cl (1 part) crème de cassis

Preparation

*Add the crème de cassis to the bottom of the glass, then top up with wine.

The champagne can be replaced with prosecco or white wine.

Aytin’ and drinkin’: cocktails

Sangria

Spanish: sangría; meaning “bloody”.

Ingredients

* Any red wine plonk.
* Chopped or sliced fruit (often orange, lemon, apple, peach, berries, pineapple; occasionally melon, grape, or mango)
* A sweetener such as honey, sugar, simple syrup, orange juice, and/or fruit nectar
* A small amount of added brandy, triple sec, or other spirits.
* And ice and carbonated soda, in some recipes

Or, if you prefer, instead of the sweetner and added spirit, go for a quarter or third of a bottle of sweet vermouth, such as Martini Bianco. Top it off with a third or so of a litre of Club Orange, with a spoon of sugar stirred in to take out the fizz.

Feck it all together in a large bowl or pot. I have no standards.

Zombie

Serve: On the rocks (poured over ice)

Ingredients

* 1 part white rum
* 1 part golden rum
* 1 part dark rum
* 1 part apricot brandy
* 1 part pineapple juice
* 1 part papaya juice
* 1⁄2 part 151-proof rum
* Dash of grenadine or other syrup

Preparation

Mix ingredients other than the 151 in a shaker with ice. Pour into glass and top with the high-proof rum.

Garnish: cherry

Note:
Because of the high proof rum, this cocktail could be lit if desired.

Banshee

An Oiirish zombie-lady! Or alcoholic drink. Whichever ye’r havin’ yerself.

Ingredients

* 1/2 oz Creme De Banana Liqueur
* 1/2 oz Creme De Cacao Liqueur
* 2 1/2 oz Milk or Cream

Preparation

Shake with ice and strain into a Cocktail Glass.

Bloodhound (of the Baskervilles)

Serve: On the rocks (on ice)

Ingredients

* 2 parts gin
* 1 part dry vermouth
* 1 part sweet vermouth
* strawberry coulis/crushed strawberries

Preparation

Shake alcoholic ingredients and serve over crushed ice with strawberry coulis and strawberries garnish (usually 3)

Satan’s Whiskers is a drink containing gin, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth, orange juice, Grand Marnier or curacao, and orange bitters. It is shaken and served without ice.

There are two versions, “straight” with Grand Marnier and “curled” with curacao. Here, we have the “straight” version, ho-ho.

Ingredients

* 1/5 Martini sweet vermouth. (1/2 oz, 2 cl, 1/8 gills)
* 1/5 French vermouth. (1/2 oz, 2 cl, 1/8 gills)
* 1/5 gin. (1/2 oz, 2 cl, 1/8 gills)
* 1/5 orange juice. (1/2 oz, 2 cl, 1/8 gills)
* 1/5 Grand Marnier. (1/2 oz, 2 cl, 1/8 gills)
* 1 dash orange bitters.

Preparation

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

(Were-) Wolfram

Serve: Straight up (without ice)

Ingredients

* 2 parts Gin
* 2 parts Wolfschmidt Kummel
* 2 parts Dry Vermouth
* 1 part Lemon Juice

Preparation

Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Death in the Afternoon

Absinthe and a small amount of champagne

Mojitooooooooooooooooh!

(Any excuse..) Serve: On the rocks (poured over ice)

Ingredients

* 4.0 cl White Rum
* 3.0 cl Fresh lime juice
* 3 sprigs of Mint
* 2 teaspoons Sugar
* Soda Water

Preparation

Mint sprigs muddled with sugar and lime juice. Rum added and topped with soda water. Garnished with sprig of mint leaves. Served with a straw

Garnish: sprig of mint (yerba buena in the original recipe)

After dinner: digestifs

Savoy Corpse Reviver

Served: Straight up (without ice)

Ingredients

* 1 part Brandy
* 1 part Fernet Branca
* 1 part White Crème de menthe

Preparation

Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into a glass.