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Tastes of Terror – October 21

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October 21: Purple Ghost

Well it IS purple-ish and makes you say “Oooooo”. Even with the juices this drink is not overly sweet.

Taste profile: sour, astringent, slight sweet undertones

Ingredients:

  • 3 parts cherry vodka (if you can’t find this just use vodka and some cherry juice)
  • 1 part cranberry juice
  • 1 part blue curacao
  • 1 part sweet & sour mix

Add all the ingredients into a shaker over crushed ice. Shake vigorously and then pour into a tall glass. Add a shot of seltzer for bubbles as an option.

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Tastes of Terror – October 14

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October 14: Beast’s Breakfast

In appearance this drink is reminiscent of an inverted Tequila Sunrise with bubbles.

Taste profile: sweet with a hint of sour and astringent

Ingredients:

  • 2 parts rum
  • 1 part orange juice, not from concentrate
  • 1 part unsweetened pineapple juice
  • 1 part ginger ale
  • ¼ part cranberry juice concentrate (or grenadine)

In your trusty shaker filled with ice, mix rum, orange juice and pineapple juice and shake as if trying to wake the dead.

Pour this mixture into your glass until it is 2/3 full.

Fill the remainder of the glass with ginger ale.

Drizzle with the cranberry juice concentrate (or grenadine) to provide a diffusing blood effect. Cranberry is preferred for the flavor but grenadine will suffice in a pinch.

If you would like to buy the book with all these recipes AND a horror story to go with each, you can get it from HERE in ebook form for only $1.

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Tastes of Terror – October 6

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October 6: Devil’s Blood

This drink is a bit complicated in construction but well worth it for the presentation.

Taste profile: primarily sour and astringent with a touch of sweet.

Ingredients:

  • Sugared rim with black or red sugar.
  • 2 parts vodka with 1 or 2 drops of black food coloring to make it black – or simply purchase one of the many fine black vodkas on the market.
  • 3 parts Chilled cranberry syrup.

Making the Cranberry syrup:

  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • ½ cup cranberry juice

Combine the sugar and water. Heat on medium until the sugar is dissolved and then lower the heat and cook until the mixture starts to thicken. Cool to room temperature and Mix in the cranberry juice. Chill until it’s as thick as a corpse’s blood.

Making the black or red sugar:

  • ½ cup sugar
  • Black or red food coloring

Add several drops and mix the color into the sugar and mix with a silicone spatula. Continue adding several drops at a time until you achieve a smooth color.

Assemble:

Moisten the rim of the glass and dip it in the bowl with sugar to coat the rim. Fill with ice, add the cranberry syrup and allow it to settle for a moment. Then gently layer the vodka by pouring it slowly into the glass over the back of a spoon.

If you would like to buy the book with all these recipes AND a horror story to go with each, you can get it from HERE in ebook form for only $1.

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Tastes of Terror – October 2

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OCTOBER 2: BLOOD COCKTAIL

While not the brilliant red that many use to make a blood drink, this
cocktail presents a dark, coagulating blood color that will cause your
vampire friends to salivate.
Begin by creating the blood to coat the inside of the glass. This drink
provides the best presentation if the glass is tall to allow the dripping blood
to be visible above the level of the cocktail.
Taste Profile: astringent, balanced by sweet juice and rum. The whiskey
may be sweet or bitter depending on the style and brand chosen.

Making the Blood:
· 1 cup corn syrup
· 10 drops red food coloring
· 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
This makes much more blood than you’ll need for one drink but who
can drink just one? Drizzle the blood around the rim of your glass (turning
the glass sideways will allow you to drip the blood just inside the rim and
then rotate the glass to cover the entire rim). Allow the blood to ooze down
the inside before adding alcohol. Be careful not to get the blood on the
outside of the glass otherwise you’ll have a sticky mess that no one will
want to hold.

Cocktail Ingredients:
· 3 parts cranberry juice
· 1 ½ parts apple juice
· 1 ½ parts grape juice
· 1 part dark rum
· 1 part whiskey
· 1 part cola


In an ice filled shaker, combine all the ingredients except the cola and
shake until the blood chills and screams for release. Pour gently into the coated
glass then add the cola

If you would like to buy the book with all these recipes AND a horror story to go with each, you can get it from HERE in ebook form for only $1.