These spooky spirits are party perfect for your big monster bash!
BLOOD MOON
Ingredients
- .75 ounce Cutwater Spirits Devil’s Share American Whiskey
- .75 ounce blood orange juice
- .75 ounce Cherry Heering
- 75 ounce Sweet Vermouth
Directions
- Combine ingredients in a shaker.
- Add ice and shake until cold.
- Strain into chilled coupe glass with ice sphere frozen with edible shimmer dust.
LA MARGARITA DEL MUERTO
Ingredients
- 1 ½ ounces Tanteo Jalapeño Tequila
- 1/2 ounces Agave Nectar
- 1/2 ounces Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 ½ ounces Pear Puree
Directions
- Add all the ingredients in a shaker.
- Shake well and pour into a Tanteo Jalapeno salt rimmed, ice-filled rocks glass.
- Garnish with a fresh rosemary stem.
HALLOWEENTOWN
Ingredients
- 1.5 ounces Cutwater Spirits Horchata Vodka
- .5 ounce Lemon
- 1 ounce carrot juice
- .5 ounce cinnamon ginger syrup
- .5 ounce Ancho chili liqueur
- 3-4 dashes Angostura bitters mixed with a drop of black food dye
Directions
- Combine ingredients except Angostura bitters in a cocktail shaker with a few pebbles of crushed ice.
- Shake until melted and pour in a tall cocktail glass. Top with more crushed ice.
- Dash black Angostura bitters on top and garnish with a Halloween straw, mini carrot, and candy corn pumpkin.
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