For the cocktail enthusiast, Halloween can be a tricky holiday. There is no shortage of cocktails and punches with over the top garnishes and sugary, colorful concoctions that people are hell-bent on shooting. Luckily, there are several options that don’t require the enthusiast to sell their soul. Here are three that I’ve specifically selected for Halloween.

Corpse Reviver #2 (pictured above)

Print Recipe 0 from 0 votes Corpse Reviver #2 Servings: 1 Ingredients 1 ounce gin

1 ounce Cointreau

1 ounce Dolin Blanc or Lillet Blanc

1 ounce lemon juice

1 dash absinthe Instructions Add absinthe to coupe glass and swirl around to coat. Discard the excess. (Alternatively, you could use a small atomizer to mist the glass.)

Combine remaining ingredients in cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until chilled.

Strain into chilled coupe glass.

Sage’s Serum

Print Recipe 0 from 0 votes Sage’s Serum Servings: 1 Author: The Humble Garnish Ingredients 1½ ounce Applejack

½ ounce rich blackberry simple syrup recipe

½ ounce sage-infused Dolin Blanc Death & Co. recipe

½ ounce lemon juice

2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

fresh blackberries and sage leaves for garnish Instructions Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake until chilled.

Strain into coupe or small cocktail glass.

Garnish with blackberry and sage.

Satan’s Whiskers

Print Recipe 0 from 0 votes Satan’s Whiskers (Straight or Curled) Servings: 1 Ingredients ½ ounce London dry gin

½ ounce sweet vermouth

½ ounce dry vermouth

½ ounce orange juice

¼ ounce Grand Marnier ("Whiskers Straight") For the "Whiskers Curled" version use orange curaçao.

1 dash orange bitters

orange peel for garnish Instructions Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake until chilled.

Strain into coupe or small cocktail glass.

Garnish with an orange peel.

Additional Resources:

Knife pictured in Corpse Reviver #2 courtesy of MS Knives.

Death & Co. – Modern Classic Cocktails

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