Dram-BOO-ie Royale
I know what you’re thinkin’: Halloween was last month! Geez! But follow, drinkers: Halloween is Gay Christmas, and like Christmas, it needs more like 12 days to celebrate, not one (heck, we even do the parade and the costume party on separate nights!). So, here are a few more fun concoctions. And remember: You can’t spell “devilish” without “delish.”
Dram-BOO-ie Royale
This honeyed take on the kir royale sounds frightfully good.
1 oz. Drambuie
1 oz. Hendrick’s gin
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz. honey syrup
2 oz. champagne
Making it: Combine all the ingredients except the champagne in a shaker will ice and go to town. Strain into a flute. Finish by slowly topping with bubbly.
Bloodline
Bloodline
1 oz. Solerno blood orange liqueur
1 oz. fresh beet juice
1 oz. fresh carrot juice
1 oz. orange juice
1/2 oz. lemon juice
1/2 oz. fresh ginger juice
Making it: Roll ingredients with ice in a shaker and strain over fresh ice ins rocks glass. Garnish with a slice of ginger.
The Haunted Spirit
The Haunted Spirit
2 oz. Reyka vodka
3/4 oz/ fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz. mulled wine syrup
Making it: Make the syrup by reducing 32 oz. of red wine, 32 oz. sugar and 4 oz. of muling spices for 10 minutes, and allowing to cool (save the leftovers). Then pour all ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a spidery clove of star anise.
