Make your holiday party extra spooky and fun.
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble…
So you’ve already had your fill of all this Oktoberfest and pumpkin beer, and now you’re thinking: How can I get more festive than that? Besides just pouring vodka into a pumpkin, you’ll have to go a little outside of the box to fully dive into the spirit of Halloween.
Don’t get me wrong. Pumpkin is great. But the pumpkin is for autumn. I’m talking about October 31, the night of spooks and creeps and heebie-jeebies, the night we can all become whatever fiend so foul or ghoul so gruesome. The entire atmosphere of the night is different and strange. And that’s what Halloween is—an alteration of reality, one night of phantasms and illusions, specters and ghosts.
And the most important part of this unreality is food and drink. You know, to really subvert your pragmatism and live in the imagination. But fiends and ghouls don’t drink PBR and Natty Ice. So grab your cauldron and walk with me into the dark, my friend. For tonight, we brew evil.
Eye of newt, and toe of frog, wool of bat, and tongue of dog…
The first thing to know is that the vodka is black this year. United Kingdom’s vodka manufacturer Blavod created a pitch-black vodka that will turn any cocktail from dainty to dark. The vodka is blackened by the addition of the Asian/African herb catechu, and maybe through a bit of backwoods voodoo that Blavod hasn’t disclosed.
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing…
When dark has set and evil has risen, there will be blood. After black, blood red is the next essential ingredient for Halloween drinking. If you aren’t completely insane and don’t have that half-gallon of congealed blood sitting in your freezer, there are other options. The readiest is red grenadine (which tastes better anyway). Drip grenadine onto your cocktail concoction for a deadly look.
Cool it with a baboon’s blood, then the charm is firm and good…
Potions should be brewed in a cauldron that comes with preset smoke and glimmer. Should you not possess magicks or cauldrons, however, you can still emulate the effect. Adding chunks or chips of dry ice to drinks will instantly create smoke-screened cocktails. Of course, you must handle these with care and caution your patrons to avoid swallowing the ice. Like all magic, direct contact is dangerous.
Go off into the night, concoct your spooky drink and become something different. Halloween is only one night a year. Scare yourself.