By IANSlife

October 29, 2022 (IANSlife) Everyone deserves a spooky cocktail to celebrate Halloween. It's time to get fancy, celebrate, and spice up your at-home drinking with these intriguing cocktails!

Cocktails by Glenmorangie and Ardbeg Wee Beastie

The Witch’s Magic Mule

Ingredients:

• 50 ml – Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or
• 20 ml – Lemon Juice
• 20 ml – Ginger Syrup
• 2 dashes – Angostura Bitters
• Soda Water

Method:

• Take a sling glass and pour in the whisky, along with the lemon juice, bitters and ginger syrup.
• Add a few mint leaves, then crushed ice, until the glass is two-thirds full.
• Give it a mix, shake in more crushed ice and top with soda water.
• Keep the whisky’s flavour’s front of mind with a mint sprig and a lemon slice on top.

Trick or Treat Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

• 45 ml – Glenmorangie Lasanta
• 7.5 ml – Sweet Vermouth
• 5 ml – Gingerbread Syrup
• 2 dashes – Angostura Bitters

Method:

• Pour everything into a mixing glass, add ice cubes and stir for a few moments.
• Strain into a chilled rocks glass, over more ice cubes, then set off the rich swirl of flavours with a spiralling lemon twist.

Cookie Monster Sour

Ingredients:

• 50 ml – Glenmorangie Lasanta
• 10 ml – Gingerbread Syrup
• 10 ml – Vanilla Syrup
• 20 ml – Lemon Syrup
• 2 dashes – Angostura Bitters
• 2 dashes – Chocolate Bitters
• 10 ml – Egg White

Method:

• Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
• Fill the shaker with cubed ice and shake for 10-15 seconds.
• Strain into a chilled rocks glass over cubed ice.
• Garnish with a ginger biscuit dipped in white chocolate.

Bloody Rob Roy

Ingredients:

• 50ml Ardbeg Wee Beastie
• 20ml Sweet Vermouth
• 2 dashes Angosutra Bitters
• Orange Twist
• Cherry

Method:

• Add all liquid ingredients to a mixing glass, stir for dilution.
• Strain into a coupe glass, garnish and serve

Bramble Bite

Ingredients:

• 50ml Ardbeg Wee Beastie
• 20ml Fresh Lemon Juice
• 10ml Vanilla Syrup
• 15ml Blackberry Liqueur
• Mint Sprig
• Blackberry

Method:

• Add Ardbeg, lemon juice and syrup to a stemmed water goblet half-filled with crushed ice.
• Muddle a little before adding more crushed ice.
• Drizzle with blackberry liqueur and garnish with a mint sprig and blackberry

Bubble Beast

Ingredients:

• 50ml Ardbeg Wee Beastie
• 15ml Nocino
• 30ml Acidulated Carrot Juice
• 5ml Tonic Syrup
• 60-90ml Soda Water
• 1 pinch salt
• Basil
• Saffron

Method:

• Add all liquid ingredients to a collins glass, gently stir and then add ice.
• Top with soda water before garnish.

 

Cocktails by Belvedere & Hennessy

 

The Lakeside

Ingredients:

• 40 ml – Belvedere Vodka
• 15 ml – Fino Sherry
• 25 ml – Fresh Lemon Juice
• 25 ml – Honey Water
• 2 chunks – Fresh Cucumber

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a shaker over cubed ice and shake vigorously.
• Fine strain into a chilled coupette.
• Garnish with fresh cucumber.

Belvedere Bloody Sour

Ingredients:

• 40 ml – Belvedere Vodka
• 30 ml – Italian Bitter Liqueur
• 25 ml – Fresh Lemon Juice
• 20 ml – Honey Water
• 1 egg white
• 2 dashes – Angostura Bitters

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a shaker without ice and dry shake to froth egg white.
• Add ice and shake for a second time.
• Double strain into a coupe glass and garnish with either blackberries or cherries.

The Rubin

Ingredients:

• 30 ml – Belvedere Vodka
• 20 ml – Bianco Vermouth
• 20 ml – Fresh Grapefruit Juice
• 20 ml – Fresh Orange Juice
• 30 ml – Cold Green Tea
• Tonic Water

Method:

• Add all ingredients into a spritz/wine glass.
• Fill with ice and gently stir.
• Top with a splash of tonic water and garnish with a wedge of Grapefruit.

Hennessy 11:11

Ingredients:

• 50 ml Hennessy V.S
• 5 ml Raw cane syrup (or demerara syrup)
• 1 Dash Smoked chili bitters
• 1 Dash Angostura bitters
• 1 Orange twist

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
• Stir to chill.
• Strain into a rocks glass with ice.
• Garnish with an orange twist.

Hennessy zombie

Ingredients:

• 45 ml Hennessy V.S
• 15 ml Maraschino Liqueur
• 60 ml Enriched coconut milk (preferably organic)
• 3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
• 1 Freshly grated nutmeg

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a shaker with very finely cracked or shaved ice.
• Shake to chill.
• Pour the entire shaker into a highball glass.
• Top up with crushed ice.
• Add the Angostura bitters.
• Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.
• Add a cherry on top

 

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