HALLOWEEN COCKTAIL DEMONSTRATION

Please join me for a FREE Halloween Cocktail Demo at WINE HEAVEN on Sunday, October 26, 2008. I will be featuring three of my original Halloween libations: Witches Brew, Frankenstein's Lab & Hannibal Lecter. Learn how to make these creepy, great tasting cocktails for your own Halloween celebrations. Your guests will be freaked out and delighted! Hope to see you there.

SPECIALTY BARTENDER FOR YOUR HALLOWEEN PARTY

I hope you are enjoying my Halloween cocktails. Please keep in mind that I am available to create these and other great cocktails at your party, in or out of costume. Halloween is just a few weeks away. Leave a message if you'd like to book me for your party. You can contact me through my website as well.

Happy Halloween everybody!

Herb

HALLOWEEN COCKTAILS FRANKENSTEIN'S LAB

"Frankenstein's Lab" is a new cocktail I created to enhance the "creepy" factor at your Halloween Party. The drink tastes great and will freak out your guests. So, "Here's looking at you!"

FRANKENSTEIN'S LAB

1 oz Midori Melon Liqueur

1 oz Matusalem Platino Rum

1 oz Master of Mixes Whiskey Sour Mixer

1/2 oz. Lychee Syrup

EYEBALL Garnish

2 Lychee nuts (canned in syrup)

2 fresh blueberries

(Place one blueberry into each pitted lychee nut hole)

MIX

Shake Midori, Rum, Sour Mix & Lychee Syrup with ice in shaker.

Strain into tall narrow glass over 2 Eyeball garnish

For more Creepy Halloween Cocktails contact Herb at:

Herb@SignatureCocktailCeations.com

or through the website.

WICKED WINEHOUSE HALLOWEEN COCKTAIL

I created this Halloween cocktail in honor of one of this worlds scariest creatures: Amy Winehouse. Good thing she wasn't around in the 1930's or Margaret Hamilton would have been out of a job!

In keeping with the Winehouse lifestyle, (without actually promoting substance abuse) I've used ingredients that will keep you going all night at your favorite haunts.

Here's how to make a "WICKED WINEHOUSE":

Ingredients

1 oz Midori Melon Liqueur

1 oz V2 Energy Vodka

1 oz R2 Energy Rum

1 oz T2 Energy Tequila

1 oz Hendrick's Gin

3 oz Sprite Zero

A handful of Mike & Ike Candy (to look like pills)

1 tsp Powdered Sugar (to sprinkle not snort)

Mix

-In a cocktail shaker with ice, mix all liquor

-Pour into a large snifter, add Sprite

-Throw in a handful of Mike & Ike Candies

-Dust the top with powdered sugar

HALLOWEEN COCKTAIL Featuring MIDORI & V2 MINT VODKA

"Terrors of the Deep" Halloween Cocktail would knock good ole' Captain Nemo right on his Nautilus! Layered cocktails are a fun and exciting trend in the industry right now. Impress your friends with this simple, colorful and potent libation. V2 Mint Vodka, Midori melon liqueur, citrus and a touch of ginger blend for a tasty treat in this concoction. Feel free to mix it up before you drink it down for a scary, murky sea bottom drink! Check out more seasonal cocktails on my web site.

BOLS GENEVER RELEASE IN NYC

   

   The "original gin" has come to the Big Apple, and the US! Bols, established in the late 1500's in Holland, has "updated" its Genever (or Jenever in Dutch) recipe based on the 1820 formula. Lucus Bols began distilling the world's favorite genevers in 1664. The current spirit (now protected in its own catagory) is a combination of Maltwine and a blend of botanicals. 

   Unlike London Dry Gin, this spirit has a rounded malt character to it. The botanicals add depth without screaming juniper.

   Check out my upcoming post this week for my own original GENEVER recipe: "Vermeer's Pearl Earring" and try the cocktail yourself.

MIXED EMOTIONS

My mascot, MIXIE, will be appearing from time to time with some suggestions. With Halloween coming up next month, he suggests using MIDORI melon liqueur in some of your favorite holiday cocktails. I will feature some of those recipes in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!