It’s Halloween time again fellow drinkers! This year I went for a smallish cocktail menu for a game night with my friends. I included one classic because, let’s face the facts, the Corpse Reviver #2 is damned delicious. As for the other two, I went with a couple interesting recipes that I found on the web.
The first, the disturbingly named Fetus in a Glass, comes from fellow cocktail bloggers over at Cocktails, 365. The recipe is fairly standard until you get to the end. The last step is to drizzle a fine stream of heavy cream into the mixed cocktail. The result is a congealed mass of seriously nasty looking cream floating atop the cocktail. My drizzle doesn’t look nearly as good (or is that bad) as theirs though so definitely go check out their pics. The cocktail itself, however, is really tasty.
Fetus in a Glass
1 1/2 oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon 1 oz Barenjager Honey Liqueur 1 oz Hazelnut Liqueur Heavy Cream to Drizzle
1) Shake the bourbon and liqueurs with ice 2) Strain into a chilled cocktail glass 3) Drizzle the cream in a fine stream into the cocktail
The flavor is sweet, as you’ve probably guessed from the Barenjager and hazelnut liqueur, but not overly so. The cream smooths things out really nicely and the bourbon flavors come through great. Overall this is a super tasty cocktail. The cream makes for an interesting mouth feel to the cocktail, but not unpleasant.
The second recipe isn’t really all that interesting on its own, but the visual is pretty stunning. I took a spare bottle of vodka and added a bunch of black food coloring, yielding jet black vodka. Which, on a side note, you can also buy. Now you take a few ounces of orange juice and pour it in a glass. Add an ice cube or two. Then slowly, very slowly, pour two ounces of the vodka into the bowl of a spoon held just above the level of the OJ. The vodka will layer on top of the juice cleanly. Which leaves you with this.
Screwdriver to the Brain
4 oz Orange Juice 2 oz Black Vodka
1) Add the OJ to a glass with a couple ice cubes 2) Slowly layer the vodka on top of the juice
Enjoy the holiday, fellow drinkers!