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Tastes of Terror – October 16

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October 16: Lady Death

I consider the cinnamon brandy to be the Lady Death who cuts through the sweet citrus flavors of life with a bite of the afterworld. This drink is a nice mixture of competing flavors that provide a lovely aftertaste.

Taste profile: sweet balance by sour with a touch of piquancy from cinnamon.

Ingredients:

  • 1 part Grand Marnier
  • 1 part Cinnamon Brandy
  • 1 ½ parts lime juice
  • 1 ½ parts orange juice

Place all the ingredients into your shaker with ice. Shake it to the edge of death and strain into a rocks glass.

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Tastes of Terror – October 12

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October 12: Green Snatcher

This drink is more yellow than green but who am I to argue, I merely provide what better bartenders than I have designed. Perhaps the Green Snatcher name comes from grabbing onto the grass after having too many.

Taste profile: sour and astringent with a bit of sweet to balance it.

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ parts Galliano
  • fill with tonic
  • squirt of lime juice

Pour all the ingredients into an old fashioned glass over ice; stir and serve.

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Tastes of Terror – October 9

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October 9: Floating Brain

This is an old standby that takes a steady hand to build correctly. Even if you never get the brain to look right, it’s still a fun drink.

Taste profile: sweet with just a touch of sour in the background.

Ingredients:

  • 1 part clear liquor (usually a schnapps)
  • ¼ teaspoon lime juice per part clear liquor.
  • 1 part Irish cream
  • 1 or 2 dashes of grenadine around the brain

Place the clear liquor and juice in a shaker with ice and shake until very cold. Strain into a rocks glass. Add the grenadine and allow it to sink to the bottom like blood.

There are two ways to make the brain. The lazy man’s way is to gently layer it on top of the liquor and then hit it the center with another dash of grenadine. The more traditional, and slightly more time consuming way is to draw the Irish cream up into a straw and insert it gently into the middle of the clear liquid to form a floating brain. You can either add more grenadine through the straw or not as preferred with this method.

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.