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Halloween drinks: Satan's Whiskers and Pinot Evil

5:12 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 |
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If you'd rather drink jack than a Candy Apple Martini, you're a kindred spirit to Eric Felten His Halloween Cocktails Needn't Be Frightful at WSJ.com is for grownups who share the horror:


Not only is there the Gummy Worm Martini, made from -- ugh -- mango vodka, raspberry vodka, blue curaçao and Sprite, but the Tootsie Roll, an abomination assembled out of something called "chocolate vodka," Amaretto, and chocolate syrup.

After some fun with what's dreadful, he suggests some alternatives. At a bar called Bourbon he found
Satan's Whiskers

½ oz gin
½ oz dry vermouth
½ oz sweet vermouth
½ oz freshly squeezed orange juice
½ oz Grand Marnier
1 dash orange bitters

Stir with ice until bitingly cold and then strain into a stemmed cocktail glass. Garnish with orange twist. For a variation, substitute Cointreau Noir for the Grand Marnier.

He loves this, and offers tweaks and cautions so you'll really like it.


Or you could open a $7.99 bottle of blood-red Pinot Evil, whose 2005 grapes came from Romania. Some say you should let it breathe for awhile.

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1 Comments

David at Wine.com said:

Looks great! I'm getting tons of great tips for drinks tomorrow. Thought you might want to check out our post on Halloween wines:
http://winedotcom.blogspot.com/2008/10/spooky-halloween-wine-list.html

David

Link | October 30, 2008 7:20 PM
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