With literally hundreds of eerily intoxicating concoctions created to entice your salacious spirit this Halloween, The Bourboneer recommends 4 creepy cocktails that “possess” the most fantastic of frightening firewater ever . I am of course referring to Bourbon, as if there was any doubt. Here are my ostensibly obscene offerings (I promise no more alliteration):

The Red Moon over Manhattan

• 1/2 ounce bourbon
• 2 ounces red wine
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• 3 gourmet maraschino cherries
• ice

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The Blood Orange Bourbon Smash

• 1 1/2 ounces bourbon
• 1 1/2 ounces simple syrup
• few dashes of Angostura bitters
• 2 slices blood orange
• 6 ounces blood orange juice
• crushed ice

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The Blood Orange Bourbon Sunrise

• 3 ounces bourbon
• 8 oz blood orange juice
• 1 orange slice
• 2 tsp honey
• ice

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The Suffering Bastard

• 1 ounce bourbon
• 1 ounce gin
• 1 ounce lime juice
• 4 ounces ginger ale
• 1 orange slice or mint sprig

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Enjoy! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 

-The Bourboneer

 

Bourbon enjoyed while writing this article: Willett Pot Still Reserve KSBW, 47% ABV or 94 proof (NAS) Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Bardstown, KY.

References: http://www.seriouseats.com, http://www.howsweeteats.com, http://www.withsaltandwit.com,